Letsile Tebogo Disqualified as Oblique Seville Stuns Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles to win 100m Gold

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville was crowned world 100m champion following a great run that saw him overcome the challenge of Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles.

Seville’s final kick floored defending champion Lyles, who finished third, as Thompson had to settle for silver yet again.

In one of the strongest 100m races that had reigning champion Lyles, Olympics silver medalist Thompson, in-form Kenny Bednarek as well as African big guns Letsile Tebogo and Akani Simbine, fireworks were expected and it is what fans got.

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However, drama preceded the race as Tebogo was disqualified for a false start. The Botswana sprinter took off just before the gun went off and there was shock when the red card flashed, kicking him out of the final.

More drama would ensue when the race started as it looked like it would be Thompson and Lyles going for gold with the Jamaican in the lead and the American on his trails.

However, Seville appeared from the blues with a blistering run in the outside lane to steal gold to the astonishment of Lyles and Thompson.

Seville clocked a personal best 9.77 seconds with Thompson completing a Jamaican 1-2 in a time of 9.82 seconds for silver with Lyles forced to settle for bronze in a season’s best 9.89 seconds.

Despite high hopes and good form this season, Bednarek could only finish fourth, missing out on a medal yet again, after clocking 9.92 seconds, ahead of African trio Gift Leotlela (9.95) of South Africa, Nigeria’s Ayinsola Ajayi (10.00) and Akani Simbine, also from South Africa, who was eighth in 10.04.

Seville’s win ended the dominance of Americans in the 100m, returning the title to Jamaica since legendary Usain Bolt claimed it in 2015 in Beijing.