Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the self-described village kid from a South Carolina seaport, who had two (partial) college scholarship offers, who saved her dad’s life at age 17, is now the world 100m ...

Newly crowned world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left nothing up to chance as she stormed to a new championship record of 10.61 in the 100-meter dash final. Jefferson-Wooden went into these ...

Last Oct. 12, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden boarded a float, wearing her Olympic 100m bronze medal and 4x100m relay gold medal, for a parade down Front Street. So often growing up, she gathered there for ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100m in record-setting fashion Sunday. Jefferson-Wooden beat all competitors with a meet record 10.61 at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan ...

American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became the world champion in the women’s 100 meters on Saturday, setting a championship record time in the process. Jefferson-Wooden scorched down the track ...

The women's 100m semifinals and final at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships air live Sunday morning on CNBC and Peacock. The world 100m champion is traditionally considered the world's ...

Eugene Amo-Dadzie, 33, became the joint second-fastest British man over 100m as he crossed the line in 9.87 (2.0) at the BFTTA Open in Lee Valley. Amo-Dadzie tied Linford Christie’s time, set at the ...

The 2025 track and field season reaches its crescendo at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Starting from Saturday, 147 medals will be awarded across 49 events in nine days. Consider ...

After placing last in the Paris Olympic final, Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finally broke through his championship curse and soared to a first-place finish. Seville ran 9.77 for a new personal best and ...