Who wins it? Thompson, Seville fastest into stacked 100m finals in Paris
Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville have the top two fastest times going into the 100m finals set for later today.
Thompson, the newcomer, easily won his heat in 9.80s, 0.01 faster than his compatriot Oblique Seville who cruised to a personal best 9.81 to win his heat while looking across at the brash American Noah Lyles who ran 9.983.
The USA’s Fred Kerley was second in Thompson’s heat in 9.84, a season’s best.
Also through to the final are South Africa’s Akani Simbini (9.86), Letsile Tebogo (9.91), and reigning Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs, who ran a season’s best 9.92. The USA’s Kenny Bednarek is also through to the final in 9.92.