Noah Lyles is aiming at historical past in additional methods than one.
The 26-year-old could be the face of observe and area, a title an American hasn’t held in fairly a while. However after his three gold medals on the World Championships, he is on the quick observe to related success in Paris.
Lyles was all the time slated for the 100-, 200- and 4×100-meter races this summer season, the three races he received the gold in final 12 months in Hungary. However three is not sufficient.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Gold medalist Noah Lyles of Crew USA reacts after successful the boys’s 100-meter last throughout the World Athletics Championships on Aug. 20, 2023, in Budapest, Hungary. (David Ramos/Getty Photos)
Throughout this month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships, Lyles grew to become part of the silver-medal successful 4×400 relay, a race Lyles had beforehand run simply as soon as since turning professional in 2016.
Lyles acquired some backlash from a fellow U.S. runner. Fred Kerley accused the US Monitor and Area Affiliation of taking part in favorites and including Lyles to the group. However Lyles says that is all a part of his plan to make historical past.
In a current interview with Fox Information Digital, Lyles stated a buddy instructed him, “‘Forget three, you need to go after four. Do something no one’s ever done.'”
“When you want to talk about being the greatest, that’s what you have to achieve. So, I announced that that is a goal of mine to complete; why not do it on the biggest stage, the Olympics?”
Noah Lyles celebrates after successful the gold medal within the males’s 200-meter last on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Aug. 25, 2023. (AP Photograph/Matthias Schrader)
US TRACK STAR NOAH LYLES SAYS REPRESENTING COUNTRY AT OLYMPICS IS ‘BITTERSWEET’
Lyles had not run the race throughout qualifiers however was a last-minute addition. He ran the third leg in a powerful 45.68 seconds, and had Belgium’s Alexander Doom not run a flawless 44.88 anchor leg, Lyles would’ve received gold in Glasgow, Scotland.
So, whereas it might not look good to his different rivals, Lyles says this was all “planned.” Nonetheless, 4 gold medals aren’t even his focus.
Lyles is the heavy favourite to win the 200-meter, however now, he is within the dialog to beat Usain Bolt’s world document of 19.19.
Clearly, a gold within the occasion can be good, however there’s extra on the road for Lyles.
Noah Lyles celebrates after successful silver within the males’s 60-meter last at this month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile by way of Getty Photos)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“It’s the dream goal. It’s the first world record that I kind of put up as ‘I want that to be mine,’” Lyles says. “The 100, I’ve still been learning, but the 200 is my favorite event, and it’s the time I’ve put the most into. So, when I look at it, I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s the world record I want to be mine first.’”
Bolt ran his 19.19 on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin; Lyles’ present private finest is nineteen.31, the third-fastest ever and present U.S. document.
Observe Fox Information Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
