Jamaica’s Seville has Bolt go crazy in stands

Usain Bolt went crazy up in a luxury box. Down below, sprinters in his country’s familiar colours — black, green and, of course, gold — were wreaking havoc on the track.

- Agencies

It was a good night for America, too, as the sport's past and the future collided in back-to-back 100m finals at the Worlds on a steamy Sunday in Tokyo.

Jamaica's Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson sent Bolt into celebration mode by combining for a 1-2 finish in the men’s 100m sprint, while defending champion Noah Lyles took bronze.

Moments earlier, America’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden had romped to a win in a women’s sprint that featured a newcomer silver medallist in Jamaica's Tina Clayton, a fond farewell for the island country's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who finished sixth, and a fifth-place finish from Sha'Carri Richardson, who never found her stride this year.

Seville won the men’s race ina career-best 9.77 seconds, fulfilling the promise he’s shown since he made his Olympic debut in this stadium four years ago, but didn’t get out of the semifinals.