
Oblique Seville scorched to the world 100 metres gold in a personal best 9.77 seconds on Sunday, leading a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, second again in 9.82.
Defending champion Noah Lyles took bronze in 9.89 as the United States failed to take the title for the first time since 2015.
Seville had looked the man to beat through the rounds in last year’s Olympics but