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Oblique Seville defeats Olympic champion Noah Lyles in London

Published:Saturday | July 19, 2025 | 11:23 AM
Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates winning the Men's 100m ahead of United States' Noah Lyles during the Wanda Diamond League Series London Athletics Meet at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Saturday July 19, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)
Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates winning the Men's 100m ahead of United States' Noah Lyles during the Wanda Diamond League Series London Athletics Meet at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Saturday July 19, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville delivered a resounding victory over reigning Olympic champion Noah Lyles in the men's 100 metres at the 2025 London Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

Seville raced to victory in a time of 9.86 seconds, holding off a stellar field, which also included Olympic 200-metre champion Letsile Tebogo and South Africa’s Akani Simbine.

Lyles, who lined up for his first 100-metre race since he was crowned Olympic champion in Paris 2024, crossed the line in a time of 10.00 seconds. Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes rounded out the podium in third place with 10.02 seconds.

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