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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden made historical past on the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo on Friday, turning into the primary American girl to win each the 100 meters and 200 meters on the occasion.
Jefferson-Wooden, 24, received the 200 on Friday in 21.68 seconds, the quickest time on this planet this yr. 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-Wooden additionally received bronze within the 100 at the newest Summer Games.
The final time the identical girl swept the 100 and 200 at worlds was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price 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-Wooden instructed Olympics.com. ‘Obviously, 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 wanting on the historical past stats of it — like Shelly being the one different girl or me being the primary American.’
Amy Hunt of Great Britain (22.14 seconds) received the 200 silver and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica (22.18) took the bronze.
American Noah Lyles received 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 received the 400-meter hurdles to present the United States 11 gold medals and 17 total medals at Tokyo.
–Field Level Media