Team USA's Noah Lyles, the defending world champion in the 100 m, won the Olympic gold medal in that race in Paris.
the defending world champion in the 100 m, won the Olympic gold medal in that race on Sunday night at Stade de France, becoming the first male sprinter from the United States to earn a 100-m Olympic title in two decades. Lyles ran the race in 9.784 seconds; Kishane Thompson of Jamaica won silver with a time of 9.789 seconds, while the U.S.’s Fred Kerley won bronze, in 9.81 seconds.backed up brash predictions of sprint domination.
An aerial view as Noah Lyles of Team USA crosses the finish line winning the gold medal in the men's 100-m final at the Paris Olympics on August 04, 2024.But an underperformance in Tokyo, where he finished third in the 200 m, a race where he was the favorite, sparked Lyles to revise his training. Recalling his memories from Tokyo in a meeting with reporters in Paris this week, Lyles said: “This is not fun. This is not cool. This is not what I wanted.
Coming out of Tokyo, Lyles decided to revamp his training program. In essence, he’d work smarter, not necessarily harder. Since 2021, Lyles has put on some 10 lb. of muscle, which has allowed him to position his body at more efficient angles in the blocks, and generate more force and higher speeds at the beginning of his races. He’s worked with a biomechanist to improve his start time, long considered his weakness.
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