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#BudaQuest | Fourth again for back-to-form Seville

Published:Sunday | August 20, 2023 | 12:44 PM
Jamaica's Ryiem Forde (left) and Oblique Seville (right) congratulate Great Briatain's Zharnel Hughes on his bronze-medal-mining performance in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships inside the National Athletics Centre earlier today.
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Jamaica's Ryiem Forde (left) and Oblique Seville (right) congratulate Great Briatain's Zharnel Hughes on his bronze-medal-mining performance in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships inside the National Athletics Centre earlier today.

Despite showing signs that he was back to his best, Jamaica’s Oblique Seville again found himself just outside of the medals at a World Athletics Championships.

Running from lane seven, Seville clocked 9.88 seconds for fourth place, in a race that was won by the impressive Noah Lyles.

The United States’ Lyles, known as a 200-metre specialist, said he was going to win three gold medals at these World Championships and began that journey inside the National Athletics Centre with a come-from-behind win in 9.83 seconds.

Lyles time equalled Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes’ world lead, with the British sprinter grabbing the last of the medals with his 9.88-second clocking.

Also clocking 9.88 was the silver-medal winning Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.

After the race, Seville spoke to dipping too early as the major reason he lost out on a medal, pointing out that he got the start right.

Jamaica's Ryiem Forde was eighth in 10.08.

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