The heavy downpour, the persistent headwind—nothing mattered. The gun was shot, and the Lausanne Diamond League showdown unfolded with the best of the sprinters under the relentless downpour. And Jamaican phenom Oblique Seville defeated the Olympic champion, Noah Lyles , to grab an impeccable win. Seville surged ahead of the field to cross the finish line in an impressive time of 9.87 seconds. And all of it in a -0.3 m/s headwind. But it wasn’t just nature that was playing spoiler that day. Another unexpected twist threatened to derail his plans.

Very few knew about the blunder that Seville had made on the day of the Lausanne Diamond League. Not even his coach, Glen Mills , was aware that Oblique Seville had pulled up to the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise without the one thing his r

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