Oblique Seville is the new fastest man in the world
Jamaican athlete, Oblique Seville has been crowned as the new fastest man on the planet at the ongoing 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
The 24-year-old won gold in the men’s 100 metres event after beating defending and Olympic Champion Noah Lyles and his countryman Kishane Thompson.
With Oblique Seville winning the gold medal, the silver and bronze medal went to Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles from the United States of America.
Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles clocked a time of 9.82s and 9.85s respectively while the winner, Oblique Seville finished with 9.77 records.
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The finishing times of Oblique Seville, Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles mean Usain Bolt’s world record remains untouched.
Usain Bolt’s 100m world record is 9.58 seconds, set on August 16, 2009 at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
How 🇯🇲 Oblique Seville stormed to a 9.77s to win the men’s 100m final at the #WorldAthleticsChamps with 🇯🇲 Kishane Thompson in second.
🥇🇯🇲 Seville 9.77 PB
🥈🇯🇲 Thompson 9.82
🥉 🇺🇸 Lyles 9.85pic.twitter.com/CfEGMcPxTK— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) September 14, 2025
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