Melissa Jefferson-Wooden made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo on Friday, becoming the first American woman to win both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the event.

Jefferson-Wooden, 24, won the 200 on Friday in 21.68 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year. Her winning time of 10.61 seconds in the 100 on Sunday was the fastest ever at worlds and fourth fastest in history.

A gold medal winner at the 2024 Olympics in Paris in the 4×100-meter relay, Jefferson-Wooden also won bronze in the 100 at the most recent Summer Games.

The last time the same woman swept the 100 and 200 at worlds was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price of Jamaica in 2013.

The last American woman to win the 200 meters at worlds was Allyson Felix in 2009.

“It was very special,” Jefferson-Wooden

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