A new chapter of the U.S.-Jamaica sprint rivalry began at the Paris Olympics, was rekindled through words last month and should continue on the track at the World Championships this weekend.

The men’s 100m final at worlds in Tokyo — on Sunday morning U.S. time (CNBC and Peacock ) — is expected to be another showdown between American Noah Lyles and Jamaican Kishane Thompson.

Last summer, Lyles and Thompson authored a photo finish in the Paris Olympic 100m final.

“I think you got that one,” Lyles told Thompson as they waited for the results to appear on a scoreboard.

Lyles was never so thrilled to be wrong. He overtook Thompson in the final meters by five thousandths of a second — 9.784 to 9.789.

“It shook my existence,” Thompson later told Netflix.

This year, Thompson won the Jama

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