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Athletics-Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m

Athletics-Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m

The Star19-07-2025
Athletics - Diamond League - London - London Stadium, London, Britain - July 19, 2025 Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates after winning the Men's 100m final ahead of Noah Lyles of the U.S. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
LONDON (Reuters) -Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust on Saturday as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 metres in an impressive 9.86 seconds.
American Lyles, who had been struggling with an ankle injury, began his season in earnest last week with victory over 200m in Monaco and was in confident mood ahead of Saturday's shorter clash.
However, Seville, who was so impressive through the rounds at last year's Olympics before finishing last in the final, roared into a two-metre lead after 20 metres and was never threatened as he came home clear.
Lyles produced his usual late surge but it was enough only for second in 10.00, with Britain's Zharnel Hughes third in 10.02.
(Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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