After achieving his lifelong dream of becoming the ‘world’s fastest man’, Noah Lyles has detailed his major struggle beyond Olympic glory.
For the longest time, all Noah Lyles wanted to do was win the Olympic title in the 100m and be referred to as the world’s fastest man.
However, after achieving his goal at the Paris Olympic Games, the triple world champion found it difficult to know what to do next because he felt like his purpose had been fulfilled.
At the Olympics, he clocked a personal best time of 9.79 seconds to cross the finish line ahead of Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley who clocked respective times of 9.79 and 9.81 seconds.
After the Olympic Games, where he also tested positive for COVID and picked bronze in the 200m, Noah Lyles ended his season and only resumed racing a few weeks ago.
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He opened his season at the RADD Sports College Invitational and Multi-Event before heading to the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where he successfully defended his title.
“It’s something I’ve kind of been struggling with in the last few months. For a long time, it was to prove that I was the world’s fastest man,” Noah Lyles said in a press conference ahead of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
“I knew eventually that I would achieve that goal and now I’m moving on to my second goal which is transcending the sport and figuring out in my own personal way of how to do that it’s been I guess the hardest way to stay motivated.”
At the moment, Noah Lyles has found something different to do and it is not about winning more medals on the track but rather paving the way for the youngsters.
The three-time world 200m champion has been very vocal about changing the sport for the better and he is certainly a man of action about that too.
He remains confident in his ability to deliver and is never afraid of stepping into new territory, revealing that when he started, there were no second guesses and he would not want to start that at this point.
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“I have my own concepts and beliefs about how to make that happen. Many organisations don’t believe that my thoughts are the way to go about it, whether I choose to go with how I feel, how I choose to wear the crown, or with the flow of everybody else,” Noah Lyles said.
“That has been the hardest part of this transition that I’ve been in. I haven’t doubted myself yet and I don’t see a reason to doubt myself now.”
Later in the season, Noah Lyles will be looking to defend his 100m and 200m titles at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but before then, he wants to keep changing lives.
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