Olympic champion Noah Lyles is eager to modernise athletics once he hangs up his spikes and use his other talents to realize this dream.
Olympic champion Noah Lyles is a jack of all trades.
Not only is the American a household name in athletics after taking the mantle from sprint king Usain Bolt, but also has other talents outside of track and field.
Olympic champion Noah Lyles opened up about what critics don’t understand about him including his journey and feels excessive criticism isn’t necessary.
The Paris Olympic 200m bronze medallist is a self-described artist and rapper with passion in music, fashion and video games. Before heading to the Paris Olympic Games, Lyles, 27, categorically explained that track and field lifespan is short and there’s a need to revolutionise athletics through his other interests.
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But Lyles is not just aiming to make a mark on the track. In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com, the six-time world champion said: “I want to show people how far they can really go. I don’t want them to stop at medals. Yes, medals are nice, they get your attention. That should be the first stopping point, that should be the first check off the box.”
Lyles, whose social media activities with fiancee Junelle Bromfield have become the centerpiece of attraction post-Olympics, maintained that athletes need to reinvent themselves once they hang up their spikes.
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Paralympian Hunter Woodhall won gold in Paris but it came at the back of contracting the COVID-19, and suspects Noah Lyles was responsible for that.
“After you’ve got the medals, you are going to move outside of the sport. After you’re outside of the sport, we go and reinvent ourselves,” he added.
Lyles boasts of five Diamond League titles but 2025 could be a make or break year for the vocal sprinter whose win in the French capital was of the smallest mirgins ever. Jamaican Kishane Thompson will be looking for revenge at the World Championships in 100m while Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, Olympic 200m champion, will give Lyles a run for his money in his specialty.
