American sprinter has been talking about this for so long, sketching out his legend in plain sight. It took 30 paces to make it real
Noah Lyles always said he was a star. He told anyone who would listen, from coaches, to fellow athletes, to the population of the world via the high-rolling Netflix film Sprint. Well, now they really are going to have to believe him, as on a lovely soft powder blue night in Saint Denis, Lyles produced one of the most startling Olympic sprint final finishes to claim the Paris 2024 men’s
Lyles might have begun to tighten and lose his forward thrust. Instead he produced an astonishing slingshot finish, surging through the field to take the race by five thousandths of a second. And so theLyles is 27. This is his Games, his moment in the crosshairs, the perfect star, and the perfect stage. In the moments before the race the Stade had been drenched in a spectacular light show.
But he had looked awesome in the semi-finals, running as though the air was frankly a little too thin for his liking. Here he came out and roared like a lion. Lyles did something wild, running off down the track, bouncing and whirling, grabbing great handfuls of air. Hmm. Was that a good idea? Was it actually worth doing anything else at this stage?always had a plan for these Olympic Games. The entire staging is in effect a product relaunch for track and field as a whole.
It shouldn’t be like this. Sprinting is a perfect spectator sport, so simple, so accessible. This is primal stuff. The humans are running. The humans are running fast. Who is the fastest human? But on a scale of talent versus fame the world’s greatest sprinters are also among the world’s least recognisable elite athletes.
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