Usain Bolt explains why he would have loved to race against reigning Olympic champion Noah Lyles during his era.
American sprint legend Usain Bolt has opened up about how he would have loved to go head-to-head with reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles during his era.
The Jamaican, who is the fastest man alive, was a dominant force between 2008 and 2017, a period that saw the 38-year-old claim Olympic gold medals and 11 global titles.
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Although Bolt’s records in 100m and 200m are yet to be broken since setting them in 2009 at the Berlin World Championships in Germany, Bolt feared and hated training.
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“I love competition, you know what I mean and even now I see Noah Lyles running, I’m like, ‘I wish he was in my era’. Be cool,” Bolt Said on the Obi One podcast.
Bolt ended up retiring in 2017 after a fulfilling career, although he exited the stage after a nagging injury aged just 31. Eight years later, ‘Lightning Bolt’ reveals how he misses competition.
“At times when I watch track and field, I do miss it. I’m like, ‘Wow’ but then you think about training. You’re like, ‘Whatever’.”
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Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100m and 200m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4 x100 relay gold medals.
He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.
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Noah Lyles has taken the spotlight since Bolt retired. At 27, the American is yet to hit dizzying heights expected of him despite claiming his first Olympic gold medal in Paris last year.
His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest of all-time, still short of Bolt’s world record of 19.19 seconds.
The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist completed a sprint treble by winning gold medals in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4×100-meter events at the 2023 World Championships.
