Noah Lyles Misses Major USA-Jamaica Dominated 100M Rivalry Despite Tokyo World Championships Bronze Noah Lyles kept off from USA-Jamaica’s elite sprint list as Oblique Seville storms into it with his

Noah Lyles had dismissed Oblique Seville’s shaky start in the heats with a sharp remark, telling Peacock, “That man was panicking in the back.” A day later in Tokyo, it was Seville who silenced the chatter. The Jamaican, once written off for slow launches, surged through the final of the men’s 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships on September 14, 2025, to grab the gold in 9.77 seconds, his career-best performance, also witnessed by his Usain Bolt himself.

“It’s a pleasure to have Usain watching me,” said Seville, after his victory. For Seville, the triumph held symbolic weight. After years of being billed as Bolt’s natural heir, he finally delivered on the same stage where the Jamaican legend had closed his own global sprinting career a decade earlier. “It is a tr