Athletics has been crying out for the next Usain Bolt, and Noah Lyles, the sprinter with the silver hair, proved he might just be the heir apparent to the fastest man of all time
Doha, Qatar Athletics has been crying out for the next Usain Bolt and Noah Lyles, the sprinter with the silver hair, proved he might just be the heir apparent to the fastest man of all time.
On Tuesday, Lyles delivered on his pre-IAAF World Athletic Championships promise to win 200-meter gold -- and then some in Doha, Qatar.The 22-year-old American, who models his hair on Goku, a character from the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball-Z, took gold in a time of 19.83 seconds.Bolt's world record of 19.19 remained comfortably intact but Lyles has already pledged to lower the Jamaican's seemingly impossible marks for both the 100m and 200m come Tokyo next year.
Why Usain Bolt thinks his e-scooter company will succeed 02:15Tuesday's victory means Lyles has not lost at a meeting since finishing fourth at the 2016 US Olympics trials and that was when he was still a high-school student.His American teammate in Qatar, Justin Gatlin, described him as"a rock star -- he likes to put on a show.
Allyson Felix talks about obstacles she's overcome 02:43Born in Florida, the family relocated to Virginia. Lyles' parents were both accomplished sprinters without quite setting alight the athletics world like their son.Lyles does not lack for confidence. He has the word ICON tattooed on his side and, when he ran a personal best of 19.50 seconds for the 200m in Paris earlier this year -- the fourth fastest time in history -- he posted the message"Bolt who?" on social media.
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