Seville, Gayle win DL trophies on Day 1 of final in Brussels

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Oblique Seville won his first Wanda Diamond League men’s 100m title, while Tajay Gayle won his second men’s long jump title in three years, on Friday’s opening day of the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final, the Allianz Memorial Van Damme, at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.

Their wins extended Jamaica’s run to 16 straight years that a Jamaican has won at least one Diamond League trophy as three Jamaicans finished in podium positions with Roje Stona finishing third in the men’s discus throw final.

Seville became the fourth Jamaican to win the men’s 100m title, joining Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Ackeem Blake. He recovered from a shaky start to win in 9.90 seconds (0.1m/s), beating Commonwealth Games champion Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon in 9.93 seconds, and Kayinsola Ajayi of Nigeria, who ran 9.97 seconds.