Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek Capture Ultimate Wins and Could Have $300,000 Weekends
Jefferson-Wooden ran a world-leading 10.62 seconds and Bednarek won in 9.85, with each sprinter earning $150,000.
- On Saturday, American sprinters Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek won the 100-metre titles at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, with Jefferson-Wooden clocking 10.62 seconds and Bednarek running 9.85.
- Athletes at the three-day championship are competing for a $10 million prize pool, with individual event winners earning $150,000 across 28 disciplines featuring 381 athletes from 65 federations.
- Nigerian sprinter Kayinsola Ajayi finished fourth in the 100m final with a time of 9.93 seconds, earning $25,000 while emerging as the fastest African in the high-quality field.
- Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen withdrew from the men's 1,500m on Saturday, citing the need for recovery following recent Achilles surgery after winning the 5,000m race and $150,000 top prize.
- Performances in Budapest provide early momentum for the LA Olympics, with Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi signaling future dominance after clocking 43.39 in the 400m before Sunday's 800m finals continue.
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Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek make some bank in Budapest with a shot at $300K for the weekend
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ran a world-leading 10.62 seconds, blowing away Julien Alfred at the Ultimate Championship and grabbing a $150,000 first prize and a victory in what became a back-and-forth, three-week, best-of-three series between the reigning Olympic and world champions. Jefferson-Wooden’s…
The series of the 100m at the beginning of the evening showed a fireworks fire in the final: in the first race, the American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was in command in 10 seconds 73 while Olympic champion Julien Alfred won his series in the same time. But the flamboyant duel did not finally take place in the final. Jefferson-Wooden, 25 years old and triple world champion (100m, 200m, 4x100m) last year in Tokyo, came out of the starting blocks wi…
US Olympian Proves America Can Beat World Champion Without Noah Lyles on the Global Stage
Kenny Bednarek finally turned the tables on Oblique Seville after the Jamaican won the biggest prize from him at the 2025 World Championships. In Tokyo, Seville won the 100m world title in 9.77 seconds by beating Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles, while Bednarek finished fourth in 9.92. A year later in Budapest, with Lyles sidelined […]
Ultimate Championships: Ajayi finishes as fastest African in 100m final, wins $25,000
Kayinsola Ajayi missed the podium by the narrowest margin in Budapest, finishing fourth in the men’s 100m with 9.93 seconds as Kenny Bednarek won the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship title.
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