“Athletics needs a superstar; Noah Lyles is close to being one,”declared Carl Lewis. The quadruple gold medalist at the Barcelona 92 Games, a milestone not seen in athletics since Jesse Owens in Berlin 1936, He is not wrong to put the spotlight on Lyles.
The winner of three golds in the last World Cup (100, 200, 4×100) has shone in the United States Trials. He not only won the 100 meters but He equaled his personal best by stopping the clock at 9.83 (0.4 m/s wind). This time is the third best of the season in the distance after the 9.79 of the Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala and the 9.82 of the Jamaican Oblique Seville.
Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Tokyo Olympic runner-up Fred Kerley (9.88) also qualified for the Paris 100. Chris Coleman (9.93) will settle for the 4×100 relay. “Every step I took, it felt right and I felt good in my positions. I got to the acceleration phase and my hips recovered and I didn’t feel like I had to push very hard. I felt like my knees were straight,” Lyles said when being asked about his victory in the Trials.
Lyles ya showed his potential in the 100 series with a 9.92 (+0.3 m/s), although the image that remained of that race was seconds before taking the start when showed the camera a ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ card (collectible game based on a manga created by Kazuki Takahash), specifically a white dragon with blue eyes, which was taken out of the ‘jersey’.
Noah Lyles and his new amulet for the Paris 2024 qualifiers
Lyles could equal Carl Lewis’ four golds in an Olympic event since his intention in Paris is to run the 100 and 200 (no one doubts that he will be the best this Thursday in the Trials), plus the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.
