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World Athletics Championships Day 2 Highlights: Oblique Seville Beats Noah Lyles in 100m Final, Melissa Wins Women's Crown

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden set a meet record with 10.61 seconds in the women's 100m, while Oblique Seville won the men's event in a personal best of 9.77 seconds.

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World Athletics Championships 2025 Day 2 Highlights: Oblique Seville becomes the first Jamaican since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the men's 100m world meet gold. He beats Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles in a cracking final. Meanwhile, Melissa Jefferson obliterated the women's 100m field, clocking 9.61s for gold with a Championship record. Earleir in the day, India's Sarvesh Kushare scripted history by qualifying for the men's high jump final.

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Sunday of strong emotions in the Tokyo World Championship of athletics, with the contest of the two stellar finals of speed, those of 100 meters, where the golds went to the Jamaican Oblique Seville (9.77) and the American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (10.61). Both are 24 years old and neither had enjoyed this honor in a great competition, so Tokyo 2025 marked a steering wheel in the hierarchy of the esprint. The first to be crowned was Jefferson-Wo…

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India Today broke the news in India on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
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