Tyreek Hill said that he would beat Noah Lyles in a race, and the NFL player’s remarks provoked a harsh reply from the sprinter.
With his bold assertion that he might defeat the Olympic sprinter in a race, NFL star Tyreek Hill and American sprinter Noah Lyles have sparked a new debate. Speaking of Hill, Lyles asked in jest, “Who’s that guy? Who is the football player known as the cheetah? I am unable to recall his name.”
Then he turned to ask his friend Mark for assistance off-camera, saying, “Mark, what’s the name of the football guy who believes he’s fast? Hill Tyreek
Following the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Lyles had already exposed himself to criticism at an infamous press conference. “World champions of WHAT?” he asked, posing a provocative question that begged the question of why NBA players call themselves world champions.
The track star’s most recent statements are a response to what Hill said in an Up and Adams interview. “Sprinter Noah Lyles, he said that Super Bowl champs should not consider themselves world champions,” host Kay Adams conveyed to Hill. “Noah Lyles can’t say nothing after what just happened to him, you know what I’m saying, and then he wants to come out and pretend like he’s sick, I feel like that’s like horseradish,” Hill shot back, referencing Lyles’s Covid illness from the 2004 Olympic 200-meter final.
Hill went on: “For him to say that we’re not world champions in our sports and do that is just ridiculous. Come on, bro, talk about what you know and that’s track.”
When Adams asked Hill if he would be interested in taking on Lyles when he returned, Hill declared with confidence, “I would defeat Noah Lyles.” And once I defeat him, I’m going to put on a Covid mask and show him that I take my profession seriously.” Hill didn’t race professionally, although he had a strong sprinting background. In the 2012 Junior World Championships, he won bronze in the 200 meters. He also holds personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters, running 9.98 and 20.14, respectively, with the help of the wind. In contrast, six-time world champion Lyles recorded an astounding speed of 9.79 seconds for the 100 meters and a third-fastest time ever of 19.31 seconds for the 200 meters.