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Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson went 1-2 during the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships 100 metre final. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women’s race, while Olympic champion Julien Alfred took silver.
Men
They ran fast. Seville clocked in at 9.77 seconds and Thompson 9.82.
Seville, at age 23, took over during the final metres to surprise Noah Lyles, who was relegated to third.
Oblique shuts it down 😤
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) September 14, 2025
🇯🇲’s @ObliqueSeville wins the highly anticipated 100m final with a fast 9.77 🔥#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/LEhItYHvzK
American Lyles took bronze in 9.89.
It is the first-ever Jamaican 1–2 finish in the men’s 100m. Jamaica has gone 1-3 with Usain Bolt and Nesta Carter and Bolt and Asafa Powell in 2013 and 2009, respectively.
Seville’s victory marks Jamaica’s first men’s world 100m title since 2015.
Jamaica has re-established itself as a dominant force in sprinting.
Sadly, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana was so ready and primed to go that he quite obviously jumped the gun causing 60,000 people to gasp. Tebogo is the defending silver medallist from the 2023 Budapest Championships and is the 200m gold medallist from the Paris Olympic Games. But if Lyles was not able to go with Seville, no one was.
Results
| Pos. | Athlete | Nat. | Mark | Rt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oblique SEVILLE | JAM | 9.77 PB | 0.157 |
| 2 | Kishane THOMPSON | JAM | 9.82 | 0.160 |
| 3 | Noah LYLES | USA | 9.89 SB | 0.192 |
| 4 | Kenneth BEDNAREK | USA | 9.92 | 0.211 |
| 5 | Gift LEOTLELA | RSA | 9.95 | 0.184 |
| 6 | Kayinsola AJAYI | NGR | 10.00 | 0.177 |
| 7 | Akani SIMBINE | RSA | 10.04 | 0.162 |
| Letsile TEBOGO | BOT | DQ (TR16.8) | -0.317 |
Women
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (MJW) dominated. She produced a historic sprint performance to win the women’s 100m. While doing so, she broke the championship record with a 10.61-second dash.
The Olympic bronze medallist was flawless. She had a terrific start, fast middle and maintained speed through the line for a decisive victory.
SHE'S OUT OF THIS WORLD 🔥@Melissajanae21 stuns the crowd the only she way she knew how, with a lightning fast 10.61 to become the women's 100m champion 🤯#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/oxtlJWXkfl
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) September 14, 2025
Jamaica’s Tina Clayton hung on to the eddy left by MJW to finish 0.15 back. It is the second-biggest winning margin in World Championships history. Her performance also equals the fastest ever time at a global championships. She tied Elaine Thompson-Herah’s Olympic record from the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games in the same stadium in 2021.
Clayton came through to take silver in a PB of 10.76 while Alfred took bronze in 10.84.
Big names were left in the dust, including Shericka Jackson, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Dina Asher-Smith.
| Pos. | Athlete | Nat. | Mark | RT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa JEFFERSON-WOODEN | USA | 10.61 CR | 0.173 |
| 2 | Tina CLAYTON | JAM | 10.76 PB | 0.203 |
| 3 | Julien ALFRED | LCA | 10.84 | 0.169 |
| 4 | Shericka JACKSON | JAM | 10.88 =SB | 0.180 |
| 5 | Sha”Carri RICHARDSON | USA | 10.94 SB | 0.178 |
| 6 | Shelly-Ann FRASER-PRYCE | JAM | 11.03 | 0.195 |
| 7 | Marie-Josée TA LOU-SMITH | CIV | 11.04 | 0.202 |
| 8 | Dina ASHER-SMITH | GBR | 11.08 | 0.186 |
