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The two-time Olympic silver medallist noted that he wants to see Noah Lyles break Usain Bolt's 200m world record first before making audacious plans for the 400m.
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Justin Gatlin has reacted to Noah Lyles claiming that he would try breaking the 400m world record.
The record stands at 43.03 seconds and was set by South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Lyles’ personal best time in the 400m is 47.04 seconds, a time he ran in 2016.
However, Gatlin believes the triple world champion should first start by breaking Usain Bolt’s 200m world record as he had promised. The 200m world record stands at 19.19 seconds and was set by Bolt at the 2009 World Championships.
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Lyles is the third-fastest man in the world over the 200m, behind Bolt and Yohan Blake. He clocked the stunning 19.31 to win the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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“With that being said, Noah also said some things of he would give it a shot to break the world record in the 400m. We want to see the 200m first,” Gatlin said in his Ready Set Go podcast.
Gatlin’s co-host, Rodney Green, advised the three-time world 200m champion to focus on one thing at a time. He backed Gatlin’s sentiments of wanting him to break the 200m world record first before focusing on other world records.
“Man, I ain’t even listening to Noah, I heard that take. Tell Noah to handle that 200m first, you know what I mean, he should not bite off more than he can chew. He should go for the 200m first,” Green said.
In a past interview, the reigning Olympic champion opened up on plans to attack the world record, expressing optimism that with the right conditions, he will take a shot at the record when he moves to the longer distance.
"I haven’t run an open 400 since high school, and I think I ran like 47.4, but I have run 44 and 45 splits multiple times. I really want to take a shot at the world record if I decide to move to the 400 truly and give it my 100 percent for multiple years,” Lyles said.
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“My brain understands it, but my body doesn’t know the difference. Why would it think it is a hard time? My body does not know that that is hard. If I keep telling it to get faster and faster, it is going to try and adapt, so it is going to keep moving towards that time,” he added.
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