Oblique Seville Wins World 100m Title With Stunning Time as Bolt Prediction Comes True

Jamaica's Oblique Seville has won the men's 100m title at the World Athletics Championship with a stunning personal best time of 9.77 seconds.

Compatriot Kishane Thompson took the silver medal in Tokyo, with Olympic champion Noah Lyles finishing a relatively distant third.

Saville did not get off to the best start in comparison to Thompson, but overhauled the Olympic runner-up in the final 50 metres.

He is now the joint-10th fastest athlete of all time, and the fifth-fastest Jamaican sprinter.

His time comfortably bettered his previous personal best of 9.81, which was set in the Paris 2024 Olympic semi-final.

He was among the favourites to win the gold medal in the final, but suffered an injury in the early stages of the race and ultimately finished eighth.

Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt spoke highly of Seville earlier this year, and tipped him to be the one to break his world record.

The 24-year-old, who had never won a senior medal prior to Sunday, is still 0.19 seconds off Bolt's world record of 9.58, but notably ran in a significantly lower tailwind - +0.3m/s compared to +2.0 - than his compatriot did back in 2009.

But Bolt's prediction that he could be the fastest athlete in the world has indeed come true.

Speaking on 'The Fix' podcast (via the Olympics website), Bolt said: "I feel like Oblique can do it [break my record].

"If he can stay fit during the season and get it right, I feel he can do it, because I am sure there is something there, the ability to do it.

"Some of the time Oblique can be fragile. It's a matter of the work situation or whatever, but if he's doing enough work, he can do it. It's a matter of time, because he's not missed the finals yet. So it's just to get over the hump."