World Athletics Championships: Noah Lyles lands sprint double as Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asher-Smith miss out on medals
Lyles powered to the line in a time of 19.52 seconds for a third successive 200m crown and became the first man to complete the world sprint double since Usain Bolt in 2015.
The 26-year-old now has the chance to make it a hat-trick of gold medals with America the favourites to win the 4x100m relay.
Erriyon Knighton, also of the United States, pushed Lyles for the first 100m but had to settle for silver, ahead of Letsile Tebogo, who took bronze.
Hughes, who claimed bronze in the 100m final, couldn’t repeat his heroics and came home in fourth.
In the women’s 200m final, Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith suffered yet more disappointment as she laboured to seventh.
The 27-year-old was looking to make up for finishing eighth in the 100m final but couldn’t find the kind of form that saw her win gold in this event in 2019.
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson was in a league of her own as she got within 0.07 seconds of the world record in a dominant victory, crossing the line almost half a second clear of USA’s Gabby Thomas.
Watch as Jackson storms to 200m title as Asher-Smith fades
The bronze medal went to Sha’Carri Richardson on a great night for American sprinting, while Great Britain’s Daryll Neita ran a personal best of 22.16 seconds to finish fifth.
In the women’s triple jump, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela left it until her sixth and final jump to land a dramatic fourth consecutive world title.
The Olympic champion and world record holder was eighth on 14.33m with just one attempt left but made it count as she leapt 15.08m to deny Ukraine’s Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk on 15.00m.
Cuba’s Leyanis Perez Hernandez completed the podium on 14.96m.
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