Noah Lyles He wants to become the greatest sprinter of all time and that’s why he will try something that no other speed racing specialist has achieved: win four gold medals at the Olympics.
The current 100m, 200m and 4x100m world champion spoke at jimmy fallon show and announced that at the next Paris Games he will compete in these three distances along with the 4x400m relay, something that Usain Bolt has not even attempted.
“A medal is too small,” Lyles said on the popular television show. “Everybody knows Usain Bolt, a great guy, the fastest. I want to be faster than him,” he said.
Lyles, who will turn 27 on July 18, has already won six world titles and an Olympic bronze. In 2023, he was the fastest athlete in the 100m and 200m with marks of 9.83 and 19.47 seconds, respectively.
However, the world records for these distances still belong to ‘lightning’ Usain Boltwho won three gold medals at Rio 2016, three at London 2012 and two at Beijing 2008.
“It’s not enough to be faster, you also have the medals. He has won three and has the world records. What do you have to do to overcome that? You have to win four,” Lyles said.
Other athletes have won more than three medals at the Olympic Games, although never in speed events. The legendary Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi He won five gold medals at the 1924 Paris Games in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m and cross-country races (individual and team).
This summer, 100 years later, the French capital could witness another great feat if the American sprinter manages to win all four Olympic titles.
Although to do this he will have to overcome rivals who are showing a very high level this year, such as the Kenyan. Ferdinand Omanyathe Jamaican Oblique SevilleBotswana Letsile Tebogo or the Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Christian ColemanBesides others.
The final United States team for the Paris Games will be determined at olympic trials which will take place from Friday, June 21 through Sunday, June 30 at Hayward Field in Oregon.
Source: La Verdad
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