by The Jamaica Sevilla oblique prevented Olympic champion Noah Lyles at the 100m during the Diamond League competition on Wednesday in Lausanne, just three weeks before the world championships in Tokyo.
Again, Lyles has dropped out of the blocks, a slow start by giving Seville the advantage from the start, something that the Jamaican has never watched in danger of yielding.
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Seville timed 9.87 seconds of torrential rain at the Pontaise Olympic stadium, Lyles fighting in a solid finish to snatch second place in 10.02 seconds.
“Running 9.87 in these conditions shows that I can go much faster, all over the world, it’s a good time,” said Seville, who won world bronze as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team in Budapest in 2023.
It was a rehearsal of the London Diamond League last month when Seville, 24, also took over the American.
“I beat the Olympic champion twice, in London and here, and that gives me a lot of confidence before the championships. It’s been a while that a Jamaican man won the 100m in a world championship, and of course, I think I can be the only one.”
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Lyles was left to the height of a “horrible reaction to the pistol. It was the only thing that is wrong”.
“Technically, I felt good, my warm-up was good, but once you miss the start at this level, the race is essentially over,” he said.
“Physically, I feel good, and I am convinced that each race will get better and better. The goal is to sharpen the details, in particular my driving phase and my departure, heading to Tokyo and the world championships.”
– Hoey at the front –
Kenya’s 800m Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi also underwent a backhand while the American Josh Hoey won the 800m victory.
Hoey, the reigning inner world champion, kept his right at home for victory in 1: 42.82.
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“I wanted to go out hard, let the leaders take the rain, then move with 100,” said Hoey.
“It was like being a child again, playing in the rain. I have never run in something like that before. It reminded me to grow from cross-country, where it amounts to being the hardest and the most patient.”
Wanyonyi watched her with 200m to run, but retaliated for second place in 1: 43.29 ahead of Spain Mohamed Attaoui and Briton Max Burgin, with Canadian world champion Marco Arop in fifth.
But there was not such a drama for the gold medalist of the 800m gold from Great Britain Keely Hodgkinson, who continued his return with a competition record in the discipline of two towers in 1: 55.69 ahead of Audrey Werro in Switzerland.
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“When the rhythm happens like that, you forget everyone,” said Hodgkinson, who returned to the track last week in Silesia after 12 months with hamstiff problems since he won at the Paris Games.
“And that borne fruit with a solid performance. I could not have asked for a better start this season.”
Cordell Tinch continued its final season by blocking an impressive 12.98 seconds in the 110m male hedges.
“I felt good through the warm -up, it’s my kind of time! This result is great,” said Tinch.
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