See you on the podium in Tokyo - Melissa Jefferson-Wooden brews in World Championships confidence after US title win

Having dominantly conquered the women's 100m final at the USA Track and Field Championships, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden already has her eyes set on a podium finish at the World Championships in Tokyo.

In the absence of defending champion Sha'Carri Richardson, Jefferson-Wooden rose to the pre-race hype as the favourite to win, blazing to a blistering new Personal Best (PB) of 10.65s to secure her second career national title.

She inspired her training partner Kayla White to a new PB of 10.82s for a second-place finish, ahead of Aleia Hobbs, who bounced back to recognition after an injury-plagued past three years to finish third in a Season's Best (SB) of 10.92s, as the trio booked their spots on the US team to the World Championships.

With her exceptional victory, Jefferson-Wooden extended her unbeaten run in the 100m this season, and her time is now joint third-fastest with Richardson on the American all-time list and joint-fifth in world history.

Reacting to her performance with a tweet on her X page, the Paris Olympics 100m bronze medallist wrote:

Jefferson-Wooden has unarguably been the best female sprinter in the world this year, from dominating the Grand Slam Track league to beating Olympic champions Julien Alfred and Gabby Thomas; she's currently on the trajectory of one of the greatest seasons by a runner in history.

She's scheduled to compete in the 200m semifinals against Thomas at the US Championships as they've been placed in the same heat.

With both standing as favourites to qualify for the final from the race, Jefferson-Wooden will gun to cause a major upset by defeating Thomas for the title. If successful, she will become

Jefferson-Wooden has a great chance of achieving this feat based on her exceptional consistency and performances this season. Ambitiously, she will aim for the ultimate goal of repeating the double feat at the World Championships in Tokyo this September.