One-On-One with Kishane Thompson After His Silver In The 100m At 2025 World Championships

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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For 80 meters, Kishane Thompson looked like the man to beat. Exploding out of the blocks in the men’s 100-meter final at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, the Jamaican sprint sensation surged into the lead, his long, fluid strides daring the field to catch him.

But just as in Paris a year ago, the closing meters would tell the story. This time it wasn’t Noah Lyles, but his countryman Oblique Seville who reeled him in. Thompson crossed the line in 9.82 seconds, securing the silver medal behind Seville’s blistering 9.77 – the fastest global final since 2019.

For Thompson, it was validation: back-to-back podium finishes at the sport’s biggest stages, and proof that Jamaica has not just one, but two world-class sprinters carrying the legacy of Bolt and Blake into a new era.

His silver, paired with Seville’s gold, delivered Jamaica’s first men’s 100m 1–2 at a global championship since the London Olympics.

He spoke to Anderson Emerole about the 100m final at the World Championships.

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Host: Anderson Emerole | @atkoeme on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Kishane Thompson | @ iamkishane_ on Instagram

Produced by: Jasmine Fehr |⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@jasminefehr on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:39.5	world championship silver medalists, and the world leader at 975, one of the fastest men
0:45.5	in history coming out of Jamaica.
0:48.1	Cachane Thompson.
0:49.2	Cachane, how are you feeling?
0:50.4	I mean, it's been about two days or so coming off the track after that amazing 100 meter final.
0:55.5	What's the initial feelings for you right now?
0:57.8	Initial feeling.
0:59.2	It's been a long season.
1:00.5	I'm ready to get for remiss.
1:03.4	I mean, it has been a long, long season, and it's kind of culminated into getting this silver medal.
1:08.8	I wonder if when you cross the line, if you kind of felt a sense of relief or was it a sense of like, wow, okay, I did it. I got on the podium once again.
1:19.6	Frankly, it wasn't relief. It was
1:22.6	instant. Or should I put it?
1:30.3	Somewhat grateful but, you know, really disappointed.
1:36.3	I didn't, I don't really have expectations, but I know the caliber of athlete I am and I always
1:47.4	want to reach, if not, pass that caliber that I put myself at.
1:55.4	But nevertheless, I finished injury-free, I got a silver medal. I'm really grateful. I enjoyed myself.
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