Olympic champion Noah Lyles explained one characteristic he adopted from Usain Bolt.
Olympic champion Noah Lyles is one of the most self-confident athletes in the world.
The charismatic track star ran a personal best 9.79 to claim 100m glory at the Paris Games, fending off Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a photo finish, with American teammate Fred Kerley taking bronze.
That victory gave Lyles the first Olympic gold of his career, after he’d won a bronze in the 200m in Tokyo three years earlier.
Lyles, 27, has made no secret of his ambitions to eventually break Bolt’s world records in the two events.
Speaking in an interview at the Wanda Diamond League in 2018, a young Lyles insisted that, while he looks up to Bolt, he does not let his admiration of the Jamaican icon cloud his record-breaking goals.
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However, Lyles also mentioned the one trait he was going to borrow from the Jamaican track legend that seven years later, he’s thriving on it.
“So I feel that I can respect the man. He’s a great athlete. I love how much of a showman he is. I like to take that on into my characteristics when I run. But at the same time, I’m coming for his records,” Lyles told the Sports Bible.
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Lyles – the star of the Netflix documentary series Sprint – was one of the main attractions at the Olympics last year in Paris. Lyle’s said he doesn’t idolize past achievers since he has his own way to achieve success.
“You can admire someone, you can respect someone in track and field – in any sport – but if you start letting them become your idol, then it becomes a point of, you’re gonna put them on this pedestal that you won’t be able to break.”
Lyles will look to add another world title under his best as the American is set to defend his title at the 2025 World Championships.
