“ Kishane Thompson will not compete in the men’s 100m,” the organizers announced. The Jamaican sprinter has been suffering from shin discomfort since the race last weekend in Poland. Now with his Olympic rival out of the way, who could have been a threat to Noah Lyles at the Lausanne Diamond League? Somebody who has once beaten him before. Another Jamaican, Oblique Seville. And from his words, it feels the defending champion’s crown is under threat.

“Bang!” went off the gun in Lausanne, and quite like a bullet from a gun, the 100m gold medalist shot out of the block. He was fast but not fast enough to catch up with the Jamaican Blood. Oblique Seville took the lead within milliseconds of the race starting, and he never gave it up. He clocked 9.87s (-0.3) to win the men’s 100m at the La

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