American Jefferson-Wooden and Jamaica's Seville win 100s at worlds; Sha'carri finishes fifth

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships in a changing of the guard in track
United States' Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins the women's 100 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Credit: AP

Credit: AP

United States' Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins the women's 100 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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By EDDIE PELLS – AP National Writer
Sept 14, 2025
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TOKYO (AP) — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships Sunday in a changing of the guard in track.

Jefferson-Wooden blew away the field, finishing in 10.61 seconds to break Sha'Carri Richardson's two-year-old world-championship record. Richardson barely squeezed into the final and finished fifth depite running a season-best 10.94.

Seville, who works with Usain Bolt's old coach, Glen Mills, reeled in countryman Kishane Thompson for a win in 9.77. Defending world and Olympic champion Noah Lyles finished third.

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