Jamaica's athlete Oblique Seville celebrates winning the men's 100m

Jamaica's athlete Oblique Seville celebrates winning the men's 100m

 Jewel SAMAD

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking silver in 9.82sec while defending champion Lyles claimed bronze with a time of 9.89sec.

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