Noah Lyles and Obilque Seville’s rivalry just keeps getting better. Seville first got the better of Lyles at the 2024 Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, running a world-leading 9.82 to Lyles’ 9.85. This year too, the Jamaican added key Diamond League wins in London (9.86) and Lausanne (9.87 in heavy rain). In both the meets, Lyles finished second with 10 in London and 10.02 in Lausanne. However, at the Tokyo World Championships, the American flipped the script, as he won the 100m heat in 9.95s, beating Ackeem Blake, who ran 10.07s, and Terrence Jones in 10.16s. Following his win, Lyles shared what went wrong with Seville.

After the race, the American was asked about Oblique Seville, to which he replied, “ Yeah, I knew that was gonna happen. That man was panicking in the back. Yeah. But hey,

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