Thompson tops rivals over 100m at Prefontaine

Jamaica's Olympic silver medallist and world leader Kishane Thompson lived up to expectations to win the men's 100 metres in 9.85 (0.4m/s) seconds at last Saturday's Prefontaine Classic - a Wanda Diamond League meeting - in Eugene, Oregon.

Britain's Zharnel Hughes finished strongly to take second place in 9.91 ahead of Trayvon Bromell (9.94). Jamaica's Ackeem Blake was fifth in 10.03.

After the race a confident Thompson said as long as he continues to improve his race execution, he feels capable of achieving greatness.

"I'm the only one that can stop me," he said. "I don't say that to brag, but to be honest, once I better my execution, amazing things are going to happen.

"It's not just one component, it's putting all of them together, from the start to the finish. Because I can work on one component, but if I can't put them together it doesn't make sense."

Thompson also believes testing himself against strong competition will be key to his continued improvement.

"It was a fierce competition, they run me to the line," he explained.

In the women's 100m American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ended Julien Alfred's winning streak

Heading into this weekend Alfred had won all seven of her races so far in 2025. But the Olympic champion couldn't quite maintain that streak in a close race with world leader Jefferson-Wooden. Despite a -1.5m/s wind, the Olympic bronze medallist clocked a winning time of 10.75 - the fastest time ever recorded into a headwind stronger than -1.0m/s. Alfred was second in 10.77. Jamaica's Tina Clayton was fourth in 11.02.

Jefferson-Wooden got off to the best start and managed to maintain it to the end. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith was third in 10.90 in a race where World champion Sha'Carri Richardson was ninth (11.19).

Earlier in the day, Jacious Sears had won an invitational race in 10.85, albeit in more conducive conditions (1.7m/s). Jamaica's Alana Reid (11.34) and Briana Williams (11.37) finished eighth and ninth, respectively.

Alison dos Santos got the better of US rival Rai Benjamin in the 400m hurdles. The Brazilian, who won the world title on the same track in 2022, produced a season's best of 46.65 seconds to win by 0.06 over the Olympic champion.

The winning margin was the same in the women's 100m hurdles as Jamaica's Ackera Nugent won in 12.32 seconds from world record-holder Tobi Amusan (12.38). USA's Kendra Harrison was third (12.50).

Following a late withdrawal from USA's Kenny Bednarek, Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana ran a world-leading 19.76 seconds to win the men's 200m ahead of USA's Courtney Lindsey (19.87) and Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic (19.94). Jamaica's Bryan Levell was sixth in 20.25.

Elsewhere in the sprints, Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith won the men's 400m in a season's best of 44.10 seconds from world indoor champion Chris Bailey (44.15). Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone took the women's event in 49.44 ahead of US compatriot Aaliyah Butler (49.86).