The face of U.S. males’s monitor and discipline is reminding everybody that that’s nonetheless the case.
Noah Lyles is the overwhelming favourite to win the 200-meter race on the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris (he is even going for the world report), and he is very prone to medal within the 100-meter, as nicely.
The 27-year-old Gainesville, Florida, native has but to deliver residence Olympic gold (he earned bronze within the 200-meter in 2021), however he tore it up on this planet championships lately to make himself a drive to be reckoned with.
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Noah Lyles celebrates after successful silver within the males’s 60m ultimate throughout day one of many World Indoor Athletics Championships 2024 at Emirates Enviornment in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 1. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile through Getty Pictures)
Lyles has taken residence six golds in worlds, together with three final yr in Budapest (100-meter, 200-meter and 4×100-meter relay). Understandably, he is assured in what he can do in Paris.
So, previous to heading out on Crew USA’s boat for the Opening Ceremony, he put one phrase on his fingernails: “ICON.”
Lyles garnered controversy final yr when he quipped that NBA champions can not name themselves “world champions,” however regardless of receiving backlash, he caught to his weapons.
Now, he is making an attempt to make historical past by hopefully successful 4 gold medals, as he has additionally thrown his identify within the hat for the 4×400-meter relay, through which he gained silver on the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March.
Noah Lyles of Crew United States competes within the males’s 60m heats on day one of many World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 at Emirates Enviornment in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 1. (Michael Steele/Getty Pictures)
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“If you need to discuss being the best, that’s what it’s a must to obtain. So, I introduced that that may be a purpose of mine to finish; why not do it on the largest stage, the Olympics?” Lyles advised Fox Information Digital earlier this yr.
Nonetheless, the aforementioned world report within the 200-meter is his “dream purpose.”
“It’s the primary world report that I form of put up as ‘I would like that to be mine,’” Lyles mentioned. “The 100, I’ve nonetheless been studying, however the 200 is my favourite occasion, and it’s the time I’ve put probably the most into. So, once I take a look at it, I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s the world report I need to be mine first.’”
Noah Lyles competes within the males’s 200-meter semifinal in the course of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Crew Observe & Discipline Trials in Eugene, Oregon, on June 28. (Patrick Smith/Getty Pictures)
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Present report holder Usain Bolt ran his 19.19 on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Lyles’ present private greatest is nineteen.31, the third-fastest ever and present U.S. report.
He ran a personal-best 9.81 100-meter final week at a Diamond League meet.
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