Noah Lyles

Noah Lyles and Jamaica's Shericka Jackson Run Historically Fast Times In Electric 200-Meter FinalsBy Doug Binder, DyeStat EditorJohn Nepolitan Photos | Tim ...

Jackson became the first athlete in World Championships history to medal in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. Grant Fisher and Abdi Nur both advanced to Sunday's final in the men's 5,000 meters. Anderson Peters from Grenada thew 294-11 (89.91m) in qualifying to make the final of the men's javelin. That was the third-fastest time in history. It was the first time the two had met face to face. Michael Johnson's 19.32 has been an iconic number ever since he ran that to win the 1996 Olympic title in Atlanta, a year before Lyles was born. At some point thereafter, Johnson came onto the track to congratulate him. "It's like being a rock star," Lyles said. You don't hear that in Europe." Nobody wants to share a record. I don't even think Michael Johnson would want to share a record, so I was just, like, begging it to change. Like, c'mon, please don't do this to me.

The Alexandria track star broke an American record that had stood for 26 years.

Lyles (19.31) ran the bend of his life to bury the field as Kenny Bednarek (19.77) and Erriyon Knighton (19.80) completed the sweep.

No. If you are going to have a draw, at a minimum, the 3 heat winners in the semis should be ranked ahead of a runner-up (then there is another draw for the 5th and 6th seeds for lanes 7 and 8 and then another draw for lanes 1 and 2). (Knighton was wearing new shoes for this race, for reasons he would not divulge). He was never going to run down Lyles after trailing off the bend, but Knighton, who graduated from Hillsborough High School earlier this year, still made history by becoming the youngest men’s sprint medalist in World Championship history at the age of 18 years, 174 days. Then the #1 seed gets to pick so they can be on their inside our outside and then #3 should go. No, it’s not to make things look good for TV. It’s because World Athletics rule 20.4 states there is to be a random draw for lanes 3-4-5-6 between the top four from the semifinal round. Knighton, who finished just .02 behind Lyles at USAs, was widely viewed as his biggest challenger for the title but clipped the side of his starting blocks with his right foot as the gun fired, slowing his acceleration around the turn — usually the strongest part of his race. “To be honest, once you held the world record the others don’t really matter so much,” Johnson said. Lyles was instead focused on Johnson’s golden-shoed American record of 19.32 from the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta, a mark that remained unchallenged until tonight. Rocketing out of the blocks, Lyles ran the greatest bend of his life to lead by daylight coming off the turn, burying the field from there to run a personal best of 19.31 seconds and, after 26 years, erase Michael Johnson‘s name from the books as American 200m record holder. “I was telling [the clock] to give me some slack, you know, man?” Lyles said. There were no spectators in the Olympic Stadium — and Lyles, who has made a habit of calling upon fans for a “Spirit Bomb” before races (a nod to the anime show Dragonball Z), feeds off the fans more than anyone in the sport of track & field. The stands were not packed, but the 10,000+ American fans were loud enough to send a charge through Lyles before the race. But he started the race in lane 3 (the result of a rookie mistake of letting up in the semifinals); Lyles, never the best turn runner, prefers to be on the outside.

First, Shericka Jackson set a new national and championship record after beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to gold. The Jamaican dominated the race and won in a ...

I came out and put on a show,” world champion Jackson said. I finally got to do what I dreamed of,” Lyles said after the race. “I felt I got the best start I could possibly ask for.”

The US became the first country to sweep both short sprints at a single World Athletics Championships, when Noah Lyles led his compatriots to a 1-2-3 in the ...

Algerian Slimane Moula came from behind to win his race in the fastest time of the day. The fastest woman alive, the national and championship record, I can’t complain,” Jackson said. “I felt I got the best start I could possibly ask for. I came out and put on a show. “After that (turn) I was like, ‘Okay, I’m racing myself, let’s go – which was my goal. The US became the first country to sweep both short sprints at a single World Athletics Championships, when Noah Lyles led his compatriots to a 1-2-3 in the 200m final.

It was a spectacular night of sprinting at the World Championships on Thursday as records tumbled in both the men's and women's 200m finals.

"The fastest woman alive, the national and championship record, I can't complain." "I felt I got the best start I could possibly ask for." I finally got to do what I dreamed of," Lyles said after the race.

Lyles won a bronze medal in the 200m with a time of 19.74, in the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Toyko, Japan, which took place in 2021 due to the pandemic. Later ...

Lyles won a bronze medal in the 200m with a time of 19.74, in the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Toyko, Japan, which took place in 2021 due to the pandemic. Lyles broke the 26-year-old record by .01 seconds when he won the men's 200-meter final at the 2002 World Athletic Championships Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. The record had been held by Michael Jordan, who ran the 200m in 19.32 seconds in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Alexandria City High School grad Noah Lyles set a new American record in the men's 200m.

Noah Lyles talking to the clock was the best at the World Athletics Championships.

… Fantasy football SZN is coming … and more. A super amazing run. And as he turned away, it was official: A 19.31 run.

Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton capture the event's medals at the track and field world championships.

“The thing was, I broke my toe and then I realized I put the cabinet together wrong,” Bednarek said. “I didn’t know that Erriyon got third until we all walked up onto the podium. Lyles was so far ahead that, “I didn’t know who got second,” he said. Erriyon Knighton, the 18-year-old phenom who graduated from high school in May, was third in 19.80 to become the youngest world medalist ever in the event. “It’s just a testament to all of us,” Bednarek said. It was also the first such sweep at a global championship since the 1904 Olympics, according to Olympics historian Bill Mallon. Lyles, who turned 25 years old on Monday, wasn’t alive when Johnson set the record. But this week in Oregon, he’s been light, joking, chatty—and fast. I can tell you right now: I’m not going to stop.” Bednarek’s silver medal spoke to his superhuman speed and training. Kenny Bednarek, the silver medalist from last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, raced to second in 19.77 seconds. Buoyed by a Hayward Field crowd as deafening as last year’s Covid-emptied Tokyo Olympic Stadium was dreary, Lyles yelled in triumph and tore open his racing suit when he saw his time: 19.31 seconds.

Noah Lyles broke a 26-year-old record held by famed sprinter Michael Johnson en route to a stunning win in the 200-meter final to claim a title for the ...

I knew it was going to be the day." The finals for the women's javelin throw, women's 400-meter, men's 400-meter and women's 400-meter hurdles will be held Friday at the World Athletics Championships. "I knew it was coming," Lyles told reporters. Lyles also won gold in the event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Bednarek and Lyles claimed respective silver and bronze medals in the same event at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. Canadian Andre De Grasse, who claimed gold in that event, did not compete in Thursday's final. I finally got my start down to where I wanted it to.

Noah Lyles knew he had run the best race of his life — and maybe the best 200 meters any American had ever run. He finished so far ahead of the other ...

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The U.S. swept the men's 200m final at the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., with Noah Lyles setting a new U.S. record. At left is ...

But Lyles outran the world on Thursday night, when he set a new gold standard for U.S. track. He says therapy has helped him cope with depression, and he works to help young kids pursue track even if they lack the means to do so. Standing on the track afterward, it seemed like Lyles was having a personal argument with the clock. The clock's screen sliced one hundredth of a second off his time: 19.31. Above, it blared the magic word: "Official." Lyles later reeled off the roster: "Mom, stepdad, sister, brother, dad, stepmom, uncle, grandma." His moment came with a large family contingent cheering him on. He finished so far ahead of the other runners in Thursday night's final at the World Athletics Championships that after crossing the finish line, he turned to stare down his only true opponent: the clock. "How's it going to show the same time, 19.32? Come on, change that." "I was telling it to give me some slack, you know?" For Lyles, it was a deliverance long in coming. As screens around the stadium updated with the official time, the celebration of a world title erupted into euphoria over Lyles being crowned the fastest American ever in the 200 meters. Lyles targeted the record one summer after winning a disappointing (for him) bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. It all came together in Oregon, where Lyles used a fantastic start to take command of a highly anticipated race.

Noah Lyles repeated as world 200m champion, breaking Michael Johnson's American record from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

In the women’s 200m, Jackson became the only person to win a world medal in the 100m, 200m and 400m in their career. Abby Steiner was the top American in fifth. Countrywoman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took silver, four days after winning her fifth world title in the 100m at age 35. … For Noah, I don’t think he really cares about the American record. From the start, it was about running 19.31 seconds in the 200m (or faster) to break Michael Johnson‘s American record. He peered to another scoreboard showing what the fans had noticed — his winning time changed to 19.31, the number that he had worked for all season. He wants a world record. “It was always there. “To be honest, when you’ve held the world record, you don’t really focus on the national record. (It’s common in track and field for initial, unofficial finishing times to change slightly as electronic timing processes.) “I wanted my own time. “I knew that he was going to run faster than 19.32 some day,” said Johnson, who met Lyles for the first time.

The 200-meter final at the world championships was the latest installment of an enticing rivalry, one that Lyles finished while making history.

At that point, and only at that point, Lyles recognized that Knighton had finished third. After those statements, he described a “different vibe” and “more fun” and proclaimed himself the “most ‘me’ I’ve been in years.” Only Bolt had ever run a faster world championship at that distance—and even he only did that once. His family traveled into town, as did the enthusiastic crowds that flocked to Hayward Field. The contrast in the setting made for the contrast in the man. He spoke about his mental health struggles and the resources available, and he did so with his family, which operates The Lyles Brothers Sports Foundation. But Lyles knew better, and as he crossed the finish line first, he glanced at his rival’s lane, grinned and pointed at the scoreboard. And the track filled again. He was a performer without an audience, and without an audience, his performance, while still elite, dipped. Soon, he stopped in front of the clock, the one that read 19.32, as in seconds. The entertainer showed up in Eugene. His brother, the sprinter Josephus, made the team. Regardless, that victory—and all that Lyles underwent between an Olympic finish he called “boring” and his world championships redemption—pointed toward a different sprinter who occupied the same body but moved with a joy that had gone missing during the pandemic. ICON, it read, one word summarizing both his future and the last year in his life.