Seville and Alfred take 100m silver at World Athletics Ultimate Championship

NEW YORK, United States. Jamaican Olympic champion Oblique Seville and St Lucia's Olympic champion Julien Alfred both had to settle for silver in the 100m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

In the men's race, American Kenneth Bednarek won gold in a season's best 9.85 seconds. Seville finished second in 9.90 seconds and American Ronnie Baker took bronze in 9.93 seconds.

The win gave Bednarek his first global 100m title. "I definitely feel like it's more of a relief, just because silver, silver, silver over the last few years," he said after the race.

"It just proves that I'm capable of doing it and I belong here," he added.

Jefferson-Wooden beats Alfred

American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100m in a world-leading 10.62 seconds, the seventh-fastest time ever.

Alfred took silver in 10.74 seconds and Sha'Carri Richardson won bronze in 10.76 seconds. Jamaica's Jonielle Smith and Tina Clayton finished fourth and fifth, both in 10.94 seconds.

"This feels amazing. I crossed the line with a smile on my face because only I know all the things I have done to get to this moment," Jefferson-Wooden said.

Caribbean medals in the 400m

Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem "The Dream" Richards won bronze in the men's 400m in 44.23 seconds. Botswana's Busang Kebinatshipi won in a national record of 43.39 seconds, with Rai Benjamin of the United States taking silver in 44.15 seconds.

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won the women's 400m in 49.07 seconds. Norway's Henriette Jager took silver in 49.28 seconds and Jamaica's Nickisha Pryce earned bronze in 49.56 seconds.