TOKYO: Noah Lyles will seek to rebound from defeat in the 100 metres by safely negotiating the heats of the 200m on day five of the world championships on Wednesday, while Britain’s Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman each go for a second 1,500m title. Katie Moon will be gunning for a third gold in the…
TOKYO: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville, who finally confirmed his promise by winning the men’s world 100 metres title on Sunday, had the perfect role mode growing up: sprint legend Usain Bolt, a man he describes as “my motivator”. Seville timed 9.77sec to beat better-known names such as American Noah Lyles, the defending world and Olympic champion,…
TOKYO: Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo said Tuesday he would let his “legs do the talking” in his battle with brash American Noah Lyles at the world championships in Tokyo. The softly spoken Botswanan won his country’s first Olympic gold medal in any sport in Paris last year, where Lyles finished third. Tebogo labelled his…
PARIS: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville trumped Olympic champion Noah Lyles in the 100m at Wednesday’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne, just three weeks away from the world championships in Tokyo. Once again, Lyles stuttered out of the blocks, a slow start handing Seville the advantage from the start, something the Jamaican then never looked in danger…
CHORZóW: Kishane Thompson eclipsed Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Saturday and Keely Hodgkinson made an impressive comeback over 800m a year since winning gold at the Paris Games.A host of world and Olympic champions headlined by the likes of Karsten Warholm — with an incredible performance in the…
POLAND: Despite an injury-induced delay to the start of his season, Olympic 100 metres champion Noah Lyles reckons his form is as good as — if not better than — last summer when he claimed gold in Paris. Lyles won a thrilling race at the Stade de France just over a year ago by the…
