Oblique Seville

Oblique Seville (born 16 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He won the 2025 World Athletics Championships men's 100 metre sprint. Quotes When I stood at the start line in the final, the only thing that came to mind was ‘this is it, I am going to win’, I knew I was going to get the start, and I patiently went into my blocks. When the gun went, I said ‘yes, I got the start’, but my transition phase was not great and I realised Kishane was getting away from me, I lifted my head early and started running. As I approached the finish line, I had passed everyone. I can’t blame the Jamaican fans, I had to prove to those who felt I struggled under pressure that it’s never the case. I’ve just been unfortunate with injuries. When I hear people say I have a mental problem, I feel so bad. It’s like being wrongfully charged, I decided I was not going to settle for just a medal, I’m going for gold. After leading comfortably and reaching the 70m mark, I dipped for the line and stopped, only to see everyone continuing, I ran off again and eventually finished seventh. I was so determined to prove myself. I never missed a day of training. This year is the healthiest I’ve ever been,The Grand Slam Track series helped, and after the Jamaican Trials, I decided to compete on the Diamond League circuit. After Lausanne, I realised nobody’s going to beat me in Tokyo. I didn’t see myself losing at the championship. None at all. On the warm-up track, I felt some tightening in my hamstring, During my block start for the final, it contracted to the point where I was in pain. I knew I would become the world champion from that moment. Honestly, I can’t hide my feelings,The talent we had, we should have won, but we didn’t get enough time to practice. We didn’t have the chemistry of the Bolt generation. We’ll soon get the synergy. I feel a sense of duty to continue Jamaica’s rich sprinting legacy. Seville delivers on early promise, WORLD ATHLETICS, October 26 2025 You have to move past that because that is just a thing of the past. Moving forward, you just have to make up for the mistakes you made last year (2024) and put it into this year and just move forward. You cannot dwell on the past forever because the past is going to be past, so you just have to focus on the present. Mentally, I will be okay because I have a strong team around me, and my mental state is actually good because I can bounce back from this. Ihave seen what happened, and I know what to do to prevent it from happening again, so everything is going to be good next year. Training has been good so far, and I am just taking it step by step each month, to see all the progress I can make. I have been putting in a lot of effort in practice and am feeling good about the strides I have been making. The work is paying off, and I am ready to show what I can do. 'You cannot dwell forever'— Oblique Seville embraces lessons from setbacks to shine in 2025, PULSE SPORTS, Dcember 25 2024 It means a lot because this is my first Diamond League title, Each competitor pushed me to go to the line. I am happy for the win. My start was far from the best, but the aim is always to win so I won't complain, I didn't change too much after becoming a world champion. What I was doing clearly worked and this season is further proof of that. Next season, I want to extend my title and dominate the Diamond League. Diamond League Final 2026: Oblique Seville holds off Emmanuel Eseme, Kayinsola Ajayi for 100m title triumph: "I want to dominate next season", OLYMPICS, September 4 2026 I am in pretty good shape and I feel pretty good about the win, I am in great shape for the Ultimate Championships. The atmosphere here is great and I will look to come back next year. This is my first time in Poland. The victory feels nice, especially as I ran close to my PB. I am just having fun. There are great things ahead of me. For the rest of the season, I would like to keep winning, and the next win should be in Brussels. Diamond League Silesia 2026: Oblique Seville flies to men's 100m win, OLYMPICS, August 23 2026 External links Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:Sportspeople from Jamaica Category:Track and field athletes Category:2001 births Category:Living people