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Olympics champion Noah Lyles will run a longer distance in Florida this weekend in what will be his first outdoor event of the season.
Olympics 100m champion Noah Lyles has been talking about the possibility of running 400m and he seems to be serious about it.
Lyles, who specializes in both 100m and 200m where he is the reigning world champion in both races, has on a number of times weighed in on running 400m, which he feels he could still do well in.
The American will have a chance to gauge how well he can do in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial in Florida this weekend.
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Lyles is among 12 runners who have signed up for the race in his hometown of Florida on Saturday April 19 and it will act as part of his preparations for the season.
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Among the top names he will compete with is world 200m bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton, another Florida-based sprinter, while Americans Justin Robinson, Matthew Boling, Ryan Willie, Elija Godwin, Chris Robinson, Jacory Patterson and Khaleb McRae have also signed up.
Canadian Christopher Morales-Williams, Nigerian Emmanuel Bamidele and Jonathan Jones from Barbados will also feature.
The Tom Jones Memorial is an annual track and field meet held in Gainesville, Florida, named in honor of American long-distance runner Tom Jones.
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It’s hosted by the University of Florida at Percy Beard Track with the 2025 meet scheduled between April 18 and 19, and it is an invites-only event.
This will be Lyles’ first outdoor event this season after winning the 60m dash at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in February.
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