TOKYO Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Femke Bol and Pedro Pichardo timed their season peaks to perfection to get gold on day seven of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo while Noah Lyles and Rai Benjamin joined them in adding more honours to their collections.

Jefferson-Wooden completed a sprint double on Friday (19), adding the 200m title in a world-leading PB of 21.68 to her 100m win, while Bol and Lyles retained their 400m hurdles and 200m titles, respectively, and Benjamin added 400m hurdles gold to his Olympic crown.

Pichardo may not have been a reigning champion, but his triple jump triumph in front of a passionate crowd of more than 58,000 was a second global title win for him in Tokyo, following his Olympic gold from 2021.

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