Noah Lyles’ quest for four global titles this year came unhinged after Christian Coleman outsprinted him for gold in the 60m at the world indoor championships in Glasgow on Friday. Coleman led from gun to tape, scorching to victory in 6.41 seconds, the fastest time run over the distance this season. It was the world...
Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol head a star-studded line-up at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as the best from track and field take an important first step towards the Paris Olympics. While the bigger goal might be gold in the French capital, the presence of high-profile athletes in Scotland...
American sprinter Noah Lyles and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon were named the men’s and women’s track athletes of the year by World Athletics on Monday. Lyles was recognised for the three gold medals he won at the world championships in Budapest. After an all-conquering 2023, the 26-year-old will now turn his focus to next year’s Paris...
American Christian Coleman and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won the men’s and women’s 100m at the Diamond League finals on Saturday as Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson were denied. Lyles and Richardson weren’t the only gold medallists from last month’s World Championships in Budapest to be disappointed in Eugene, Oregon, where American Rai Benjamin stunned world...
Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles were two of a host of newly-crowned world champions to transform their winning form in Budapest into victory at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday. But there was a first Diamond League defeat in five years for Norway’s hurdler supreme Karsten Warholm, as Josh Kerr (1500m), Gianmarco Tamberi (high...
Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson, the two faces of the World Athletics Championships, won their third and second golds respectively by anchoring the United States to 4x100m relay triumphs in Budapest on Saturday. On an enthralling night’s action Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon rubberstamped their authority in their events. Charismatic Swede Duplantis retained his pole...
There was double world sprint joy for Noah Lyles in Budapest on Friday while the second fastest women’s 200m run in history saw Shericka Jackson dash Sha’Carri Richardson’s hopes of also achieving the 100/200m sweep. Lyles became the fifth man to do the double — and the first since Usain Bolt in 2015 — as...
Noah Lyles stormed to victory to win the 100m world title on Sunday and then set his sights on a third successive 200m crown, something Joshua Cheptegei achieved in the 10,000m. Lyles, the charismatic 26-year-old American who has battled depression, had said he was mentally in a good place coming into the world championships in...