For the past four World Under-20 Championships, Jamaican women have ruled supreme in the 100 metres, with Briana Williams winning gold in 2018, Tina Clayton claiming back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022, and Alana Reid taking the crown at the last staging in Lima, Peru.

Jamaica have won the men’s blue-riband event on just two occasions, with Dexter Lee capturing back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2010.

When both finals are contested at this year’s championships in Eugene, Oregon, Jamaica could replicate the rare feat achieved by the United States at the 2016 championships in Bydgoszcz, where Candace Hill and Noah Lyles were crowned champions. It remains the only time athletes from the same country have won both the men’s and women’s 100m titles at the same event.