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Olympic champion Noah Lyles is chasing Usain Bolt's records and wanted to achieve something the Jamaican has never attained in his career.
Olympic 100m champion NoahLyles has revealed the motive behind him wanting to partake four races at the Paris Olympics.
Olympics great Usain Bolt landed a sprint triple at London 2012 and Rio 2016, having been stripped of the same feat at Beijing 2008, but Lyles wanted to best the legendary Jamaican in the French capital.
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Lyles was looking to replicate his success at the World Championships in Budapest last year, where he won two gold medals at the 100 and 200m. Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four golds in the 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles and 4x100m in London in 1948 but Lyles wanted to become the first male to replicate the achievement.
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Lyles told The Times that his decision was informed by the fact that a double and treble had previously been achieved.
“Well, there have been multiple doubles, not a lot, but there have been plenty. I can grab three but Bolt has done that. I can do two Olympics in a row, but Bolt has done that too," Lyles said.
The six-time world champion said he wanted to achieve something hat could separate him from other world beaters. "What’s left on the table that could put me on my Mount Rushmore, make people say, ‘Not only was he great, but he did something that hasn’t been done’? What I want and expect are two different things. I expect to get multiple gold medals but what I want is four," Bolt said.
He went on: "I can definitely put a downpayment on two, but relays are a bit tricky.” However, it turned out to be completely opposite. Lyles competed in only 100m and 200m and grabbed bronze in the latter. His plan initially was to also run 4x100m relay as well as 4x400m.
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