Seville cruises to 100m World title, 1st Jamaican sprint gold  in 10 years

Dismas Otuke
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Jamaican Oblique Seville destroyed a star-studded field to win the 100m gold medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, the 1st sprint title for the Caribbean Island since Usain Bolt claimed gold 10 years ago.

The 24-year-old Seville outpaced his countryman Kishane Thompson and American Noah Lyles for gold, clocking a personal best of 9.77 seconds for the victory.

Thompson took silver in 9.82 seconds while defending champion Lyles settled for bronze with a time of 9.89 seconds.

 

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