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Jefferson-Wooden continues unbeaten run to claim global title
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|September 16, 2025
USA's Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, unbeaten all season in the women’s 100m, translated that form into tangible reward in the steamy heat of Tokyo as she floated away to earn her first individual global title in a championship record of 10.61 — putting her fourth on the world all-time list.
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She won at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 on Sunday (14) by 0.15, the second-biggest winning margin in World Championships history. Her performance also equalled the fastest ever time at a global championships, tied with Elaine Thompson-Herah's Olympic record from the Tokyo Games in the same stadium in 2021.
The 24-year-old was followed home by Jamaica's 21-year-old Tina Clayton, who ran a personal best of 10.76, with St Lucia’s Olympic champion Julien Alfred securing bronze in 10.84 despite pulling her hamstring.
"I came in as a hunter," Olympic bronze medallist Jefferson-Wooden said after her landmark effort. “I have never won a world or an Olympic 100m title, and I worked for that this whole year.”
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