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Melissa Jefferson-Picket made historical past on the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo on Friday, changing into the primary American girl to win each the 100 meters and 200 meters on the occasion.
Jefferson-Picket, 24, gained the 200 on Friday in 21.68 seconds, the quickest time on the earth this 12 months. Her profitable time of 10.61 seconds within the 100 on Sunday was the quickest ever at worlds and fourth quickest in historical past.
A gold medal winner on the 2024 Olympics in Paris within the 4×100-meter relay, Jefferson-Picket additionally gained bronze within the 100 at the newest Summer season Video games.
The final time the identical girl swept the 100 and 200 at worlds was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Worth of Jamaica in 2013.
The final American girl to win the 200 meters at worlds was Allyson Felix in 2009.
‘It was very particular,’ Jefferson-Picket informed Olympics.com. ‘Clearly, coming into the world championships, I knew that there was a excessive likelihood for me to have the ability to full the double, not likely trying on the historical past stats of it — like Shelly being the one different girl or me being the primary American.’
Amy Hunt of Nice Britain (22.14 seconds) gained the 200 silver and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica (22.18) took the bronze.
American Noah Lyles gained the boys’s 200 on Friday in 19.52 seconds to seize his fourth gold within the occasion at worlds when he edged fellow American Kenny Bednarek. Bryan Levell of Jamaica was third. Lyles tied Usain Bolt with 4 200 world titles.
American Rai Benjamin gained the 400-meter hurdles to provide america 11 gold medals and 17 total medals at Tokyo.
–Area Degree Media
