Through the 2025 season,
Kishane Thompson came in as the World leader, his 9.75 at the Jamaican Championships making him #6 of all time. During the opening heats he had such a lead he shut it down early and still cruised to a 9.95. Defending champion
Noah Lyles had already been beaten by Thompson in the Diamond League. He ran a more serious race to equal 9.95. Snakebit at the last three major championships,
Oblique Seville again showed signs of brilliance this season. He had the misfortune to get seeded into the fast heat as
Gift Leotlela and
Kayinsola Ajayi battled to sub 9.9 times in the heats, making Seville's 9.93 look like a desperate rescue. Lyles and Ajayi ran through semi final one easily enough, bringing
Akani Simbine sub 10 for a time qualifier. The highlight of the semis was the second heat where Thompson and
Kenny Bednarek battled to an exact time tie at 9.844. In an extreme statistical rarity, 3rd and 4th place
Zharnel Hughes and
Jerome Blake also had an exact time tie in a non-qualifying 10.022. In the third semi, Seville showed his brilliance with a 9.86 separating from returning silver medalist and Olympic 200 gold medalist
Letsile Tebogo. In the final, Letsile Tebogo left everybody in the blocks. Unfortunately, the gun hadn't fired yet. After some discussion, he was disqualified. On the second calling, Oblique Seville (0.157s) and Kishane Thompson (0.160s) had the quickest reaction times, while Bednarek had the slowest reaction time (0.211s). By the halfway point, Thompson had a step on everybody but Seville. Over the last half, Noah Lyles accelerated in the final metres to secure third place, while Seville matched that kind of speed to ease past Thompson and take the win. Seville's winning time of 9.77 put him into the top ten of all time. == Records ==