Despite the historic Olympic 100m win where he beat Kishane Thompson, Noah Lyles has his heart set on a different, more personal triumph.
Noah Lyles has made a rare confession as he ranked his favourite race, overlooking the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympic Games.
In recent memory, the men’s 100m final remains one of the favourite races and most-discussed, but for Noah Lyles, it was just another race.
The race is one of the tightest, with Noah Lyles securing a win, five thousandths of a second faster than Kishane Thompson. The three-time world 200m champion and Kishane Thompson both clocked 9.79 seconds.
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The 2022 world champion, Fred Kerley, rounded up the podium in the race, clocking 9.81 seconds to cross the finish line.
Noah Lyles’ torso saved the day in the race, and to showcase the tightness of the race, after the athletes crossed the finish line, it took time before the results popped up.
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However, Noah Lyles insists that the race ranks somewhere among the top of his favourite races, but it is not his best.
He pointed out that clocking the American record in the 200m remains at the top of the list. The reigning Olympic 100m champion set a new American record in 2022.
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Competing at the World Championships at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Noah Lyles clocked a personal best time of 19.31 seconds, breaking Michael Johnson’s American record set in 1996.
With the win, he won his second successive world title in the 200m, after first winning it at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
“It is. It is high up there. The American record is still probably my favourite race. It was almost perfect. Truly almost perfect. But it’s probably ranked second. It’s definitely probably ranked second as my favourite. Yeah, that’s on my list,” Noah Lyles said in an interview shared by Citius Mag on YouTube.
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Noah Lyles has often referred to the 200m as his wife, and his decision to have one of the races as his favourite displays the unique relationship he has with the distance.
This season, he has the major assignment to defend his title at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Noah Lyles opened his season in the 200m at the Diamond League Meeting in Monaco, beating Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo.
He has confirmed his availability at the US Championships, where he intends to defend his national title as he gears up for the global showpiece.
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