Ice-cool Seville leaves it late for crowning glory in front of his hero Bolt

When Oblique Seville was 10, he told his mother he wanted to be trained by Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills.

- Sean Ingle

That came to pass when he joined the famous Racers Track Club in Jamaica. Now, on a night of exhilarating speed and twisting drama, he achieved a far bigger dream and emulated his hero by becoming the 100m world champion.

To make it even sweeter, he delivered the greatest performance of his career in front of Bolt himself, who was cheering and punching like a superfan as Seville ran down his fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson in the final metres to secure gold in 9.77sec.

"It was a pleasure to have Usain watching me," Seville said. "His coach is my coach and I know that both of them are very proud of me right now. They were telling me I was going to be the world champion. And I have proved, in front of him, that I am. I am very proud of that. Now, more gold medals."

This was a night when the National Stadium in Tokyo felt like the world's biggest steam room, with the heat and impossible humidity making palms and minds sweaty. Not that you would know it looking at Noah Lyles on the blocks.

As his name was announced he raised his hands in the air like a champion boxer before roaring into the night sky.