"TOKYO -- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at the world championships Sunday in a changing of the guard in track."
"Jefferson-Wooden blew away the field, finishing in 10.61 seconds to break Sha'Carri Richardson's two-year-old world championship record."
"Seville, who works with Usain Bolt's old coach, Glen Mills, reeled in countryman Kishane Thompson for a win in 9.77. Defending world and Olympic champion Noah Lyles finished third."
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100 meters at the world championships in Tokyo, finishing in 10.61 seconds and breaking Sha'Carri Richardson's two-year-old world championship record. Richardson barely qualified for the final and placed fifth with a season-best 10.94. Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the men's 100 meters in 9.77 after working with Glen Mills, Usain Bolt's former coach, and overtook countryman Kishane Thompson to take the title. Defending world and Olympic champion Noah Lyles finished third. The results signaled a changing of the guard in sprinting, with new champions emerging on the global stage.
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