Noah Lyles: Olympic gold medalist responds to haters in Louis Vuitton-themed outfit worth over ₦79 MILLION
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Noah Lyles: Olympic gold medalist responds to haters in Louis Vuitton-themed outfit worth over ₦79 MILLION | Credits: X(Noah Lyles)

Noah Lyles: Olympic gold medalist responds to haters in Louis Vuitton-themed outfit worth over ₦79 MILLION

David Ben 23:33 - 11.08.2024

Criticism has stopped Noah Lyles from dripping in style.

Fresh off his Olympic triumph in Paris, Noah Lyles made his return to social media in style.

The famous American sprinter was hosted by watchmakers OMEGA, for which he is a brand ambassador, as they celebrated his Olympic gold medal for USA in the men’s 100m category.

However, it was Lyles’ dapper outfit caught the attention of fans on social media.

Noah Lyles
Credit: X(Noah Lyles)

Lyles took his Instagram page with over 1.5 million followers to share photos of himself donning a Louis Vuitton Pearl Embellished Technical Cotton Track Top worth ₦8 million ($5000) on an LV Pharrell Damier Bootcut Demin jeans worth ₦2.6 million ($1650).

Noah Lyles
Credit: X(Noah Lyles)

The Adidas-sponsored sprint star completed the look with an Adidas x Bad Bunny Response CL sneakers which costs around ₦947,200 ($592) on Stock X.

Noah Lyles
Credit: X (Noah Lyles)
Noah Lyles
Credit: X(Noah Lyles)

On his wrist, was the exquisite Omega Constellation Moonshine Gold watch which costs ₦67.8 million ($42,400).

Noah Lyles
Credit: Instagram/Noah Lyles

Paris 2024: Noah Lyles responds to criticism after Olympic heroics

Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100m gold

After winning Olympic gold for USA the men’s 100m category at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Virginia-born native has still been the subject of criticism from some fans and social media users.

Lyles, who was diagnosed with Covid was the subject of criticism for competing in the men’s 200m Olympics despite winning a Bronze medal for Team USA, with some fans even calling for his arrest on social media platforms like X.

In an interview with Reuters, the 27-year-old American sprinter opened on criticism during his impressive campaign at the Olympics.

Olympic champion Noah Lyles is eyeing a second world title.
Olympic champion Noah Lyles is eyeing a second world title.

Lyles, one of the world’s richest athletes, said he was proud to have joined an exclusive list of American greats who have won the 100m.

He said:

“If you throw yourself out there, there's always going to be critics. I mean, you can look at anybody in history.

“You can look at LeBron James, one of the greatest basketball players, you can look at Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson - anybody who you want to say is great, there's always going to be love, and there's always going to be hate, because people are going to form opinions, because you're now so high up there that they can't see you as everyday people of everyday society.

“And I knew that going into that, and that's just what it is, but I'm very confident in myself to say no matter what anybody says, I know who I am."

On why he chose to compete at the Olympics despite his health issues, Lyles said:

Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles | Credit: Imago

"That's why people are like, well, if you were sick, why did you go out there and jump around? It's like, if I didn't do that, I would not have been able to encourage myself enough to get excited to run the race.

“I had to go in tricking my mind and my body that I was going to run just as well as any other day as I was going to run that, but that's the only stuff a champion would know."

Following that third-place finish in the 200m, gold medallist Letsile Tebogo labelled Lyles "arrogant and loud," but the American continues to insist he is just misunderstood.

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