TOKYO :Super-coach Glen Mills was always confident Oblique Seville would land a big title despite failing in four previous attempts and attracting a reputation as a choker after often impressing in rounds then failing to deliver when it mattered.

Seville showed he belongs in the top echelon when he blazed to world 100 metres gold in 9.77 seconds on Sunday, earning Jamaica’s first 100 title since the last of Usain Bolt’s three in 2015 and becoming the joint-10th fastest man of all time.

“I am extremely elated that finally he has been rewarded with his effort after so often narrowly missing getting a reward in terms of a medal,” Seville's coach Mills told Television Jamaica.

“That has never deterred me because when I started working with him I remember telling him he was not going to be a

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