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How Noah Lyles became Olympic 100m champion: A 300-page textbook, biomechanics and a stickman

Follow live coverage of Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics, with 21 gold medals on offer Sixty metres into the men’s 100-metre Olympic final in Paris and Noah Lyles is third. The headline is Lyles winning by five-thousandths of a second in the closest men’s 100m Olympic final ever — and the hardest for which to qualify. “Let’s see …

What to watch at U.S. Olympic track and field trials: Noah Lyles takes center stage

EUGENE, Ore. — Noah Lyles might be the fastest man in the world. The opening is there for Lyles — who won both the 100 and 200 at the 2023 world championships last August — to become the king of men’s track and field. Saturday Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, who’ve won gold and silver, respectively, in each of the …

Don’t pile Olympic pressure on Noah Lyles, says USA legend Carl Lewis

US track and field star Carl Lewis has pleaded that Noah Lyles be given some leeway as he heads into the Paris 2024 Olympics as a hot sprint favourite with a potential eye on four gold medals. Lyles added another gold to his trophy cabinet by anchoring the US team to victory in the men’s 4x100m on Sunday at the …

Diamond League Final: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied

American Christian Coleman and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won the men’s and women’s 100m at the Diamond League finals on Saturday as Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson were denied. Lyles and Richardson weren’t the only gold medallists from last month’s World Championships in Budapest to be disappointed in Eugene, Oregon, where American Rai Benjamin stunned world and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm …

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Coleman edges world champion Lyles in the 100M at the Prefontaine Classic

EUGENE, Ore. — American Christian Coleman edged world champion and fellow countryman Noah Lyles in the 100 meters at the season-ending Prefontaine Classic on Saturday. Coleman won in 9.83 seconds, matching Lyles’ world best this season, with Lyles finishing in 9.85. Joining Coleman and Lyles in the star-studded event was sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who won golds in the 100 meters …

Sprinters Lyles, Coleman headline Millrose Games

American sprinter Noah Lyles hopes a win in this weekend’s 60-meter dash at New York’s Millrose Games will show he is on track for a shot at 100m gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “And that’s what is the most exciting part about indoor and what I’ve been getting out of these races.” Lyles holds the American 200m record of …

Lyles says Coleman must be more responsible after missed tests

World 200 metres champion Noah Lyles has said fellow American sprinter Christian Coleman must show more responsibility after he was provisionally suspended for breaching whereabouts rules. Noah Lyles of the U.S. celebrates winning gold Coleman, the 100m world champion, narrowly escaped a ban last year for missing three doping tests but was suspended in June after again breaching the rules. …

Noah Lyles says Christian Coleman Must Be More Responsible after Missed Tests

World 200 metres champion Noah Lyles has said fellow American sprinter Christian Coleman must show more responsibility after he was provisionally suspended for breaching whereabouts rules. Coleman, the 100m world champion, narrowly escaped a ban last year for missing three doping tests but was suspended in June after again breaching the rules. Lyles, who along with Coleman was part of …