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American track star Noah Lyles has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the best in the world as well as his larger-than-life personality.
Paris Olympics pundit Adam Gemili thinks Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles can live up to Usain Bolt's legacy.
American track star Noah Lyles has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the best in the world as well as his larger-than-life personality. The charisma, the talent, the ability - there are certainly echoes to Lyles' game comparable to Bolt who smashed the 100m record in 9.69 seconds at Beijing 2008 - a record he broke a year later in Berlin at 9.58 seconds.
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When asked who could take Bolt's mantle, Gemili told TalkSport: "I'd say right now, that is the way it is going. Lyles is certainly the sprinter with the biggest personality and he does it in a very different way to Usain."
Lyles who is a six-time world champion is known for playing mind games before the racem something that gives him advantage over his rivals according to Gemili.
"You can see that... I wanna say he is more geeky? Pulling out Yu-Gi-Oh cards during runs! "But then he loves it, and people love him for it. Because he is just himself whereas with Usain, a lot of athletes saw him and said, 'this guy is cool."
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Lyles' personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest of all-time. In the 200 m, Lyles is a three-time world champion (2019, 2022, 2023) and is the bronze medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
He also won a gold medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Lyles completed a sprint treble by winning gold medals in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter events at the 2023 World Championships.
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