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Tia's sister Tina Clayton won the sportswoman of the year award. Oblique Seville captured the male sportsman of the year award as reported by Television Jamaica.
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00:00Oblique Seville and Tina Clayton sparkled on Saturday night as they walked away with the top honours at the 65th staging of the RJR Gleaner Sports Foundation National Sports Awards held at the Television Jamaica Studios.
00:1524-year-old Seville took home his first National Sportsman of the Year title for winning the Men's 100m at the World Athletic Championships in Tokyo in a blistering personal best of 9.77 seconds.
00:28Seville got the nod ahead of Anthony Johnson who won Jamaica's first ever gold medal at the International Practical Shooting Confederation IPCS Handgun World Championships.
00:39Seville joined a long list of track and field athletes including reigning double sprint world record holder Usain Bolt and former world 100m record holder Asava Powell to win the award.
00:51In the past there was a lot of athletes that get this trophy and be the Sportsman and Human Award and Usain Bolt has shown his talent throughout this world and throughout the generation in the past and this means a lot to me because it shows my talent and shows what I am capable of doing.
01:1121-year-old Clayton who carved the silver medal in the 100m at the Tokyo World Championships in a personal best of 10.76 also notched her first National Sportswoman of the Year award.
01:24She won the award ahead of Sarah Mazur who took the runner up spot. Mazur took bronze in power boating in the 2025 E1 Series Championship for Team Blue Rising.
01:36This award means a lot. This award has been on one of my long term goals so receiving it is an honor and I am grateful.
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