Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson was overwhelmed to the gold medal by the narrowest of margins to World Champion, American Noah Lyles in a brand new private finest 9.79 seconds, the identical time recorded by Thompson, the world’s quickest man this season.
Ending in third place was American Fred Kerley in 9.81 seconds, with South Africa’s Akine Simbine fourth in 9.82 seconds. Jamaica’s different consultant Indirect Seville completed in eighth and final place in 9.91 seconds, as all eight runners went beneath 10 seconds.
Thompson’s silver brings Jamaica’s medal tally to a few, following the silver and bronze received by Shanieka Ricketts and Rajindra Campbell, respectively, on Saturday.
