Oblique Seville sprints to world 100-metre title, beating Jamaican teammate Kishane Thompson

Oblique Seville won the men's 100-metre final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, edging Jamaican teammate Kishane Thompson with world record holder Usain Bolt in attendance at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

The diminutive Seville clocked a personal-best 9.77 seconds, with Thompson, the reigning Olympic silver medallist, following in 9.82. He entered the race with a season world-leading time of 9.75.

Noah Lyles, who won 2023 world gold in Budapest, Hungary, was third on Sunday in a season-best 9.89 while his American teammate, Kenny Bednarek, was fourth (9.92).

"Oblique has been the guy that we've all wanted to do something significant," said CBC Sports analyst Donovan Bailey, the 1996 Olympic 100 champion. "He is the athlete that Usain Bolt, technically, is mentoring [as he's training under Bolt's longtime coach, Glen Mills]. He's following the exact path. To see [Seville] on top of the world is incredible."

Added Trackside co-host Perdita Felicien: "I've never been able to bet on Oblique Seville. Every time he comes to major championships, he [messes] it up. But now, I'm eating crow pie because I was wrong. Hats off, the right Oblique Seville showed up today."

WATCH | Seville runs 9.77-second personal best to his 1st world title:

Jamaican Seville sprints to 100-metre world championship title in Tokyo

Canadians Andre De Grasse (10.09 SB), Jerome Blake (10.03) and Eliezer Adjibi (10.27) didn't advance from their respective semifinal heats.

Seville, the world's No. 4-ranked men's 100 runner, is the first Jamaican to medal at worlds in the men's 100 since Bolt in 2017. He won his semifinal in 9.86 earlier Sunday after going 9.93 in his Saturday heat.

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