Noah LYLES

American sprinting superstar Noah Lyles boasts an impressive string of accolades, including Olympic bronze, six world titles, and four Diamond League Final trophies.

Lyles delivered his crowning achievement at the 2023 World Championship in Budapest, where he retained his 200m crown from 2019 and 2022 to complete the three-peat. In the process, he claimed a rare sprint treble, winning gold in the 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m relay, the first man to do so since Jamaican icon Usain Bolt in 2015.

A longtime admirer of Bolt, Lyles has expressed his desire to break the Jamaican's longstanding records in the 100m and 200m events.

"I've always known that I'm the fastest man in the world,” he told the media after his triumph in Hungary. “Well, in my head, I think I'm going to break it. I'm planning to break it.”

At Paris 2024, Lyles won 100m gold in a photo finish race, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to the line by a mere five-thousandths of a second. He went on to finish third in the 200m final, revealing after the race that he had tested positive for COVID-19 two days earlier.