'Noah Lyles is trying too hard to beat me' - Oblique Seville reveals rival's flaw after Tokyo 100m Triumph

Newly crowned world 100m champion Oblique Seville has revealed Noah Lyles' main flaw following his title victory at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships.

The 24-year-old who blazed to an astonishing win in Tokyo to win Jamaica's first world title since Usain Bolt attained the feat at Beijing 2015, has been vocal in recent weeks about his success over his fierce American rival.

Their rivalry in the past year has seen Lyles secure the Olympic 100m title in Paris with a time of 9.79 seconds, a race where Seville finished a disappointing eighth.

However, the Jamaican turned the tables at the recent world championships in Tokyo, storming to victory with a personal best of 9.77 seconds, ahead of his fellow countryman Kishane Thompson, as Lyles finished third in that race with a time of 9.89 seconds.

Seville's latest win crowned him the world's fastest man, a title that previously belonged to Lyles after his success at the Budapest 2023 World Championships.

In a recent interview, Seville confidently dismissed the threat posed by the reigning Olympic champion and stated his confidence in maintaining his position as the world's fastest man.

"Noah Lyles is going too hard to beat me," Seville told Coach's Deck TV. "If you check the analysis of the race, my start is very fast and then my finish is the equivalent to Noah Lyles' finish, so he's not going to catch me."

"I analyse myself as an athlete," he added. "I don't study other athletes, but I know about this sport."

Despite Lyles losing his 100m title to Seville, he wasn't to be denied in the 200m, as he won a close final in 19.52 seconds to claim his fourth consecutive world title in the event, joining the legendary Bolt as the only men in history to achieve the feat.

With the 2026 season on the horizon having the World Athletics Ultimate Championships as the major competition for the year, Seville and Lyles will surely reignite their rivalry, aiming to surpass each other on the grandest athletics stage.