The 27-year-old will attempt gold in the 100 and 200 meter races at the 2024 Games, a feat last completed on the men’s side by the Jamaican star in 2008, ‘12 and ‘16.
High among top improbable feats in track and field, up near the border of impossible, is a combination of gold medals many elite sprinters wouldn’t dare attempt. On the surface, it sounds simple. Win gold in the 100 meters. Then win gold in the 200 meters.
As far as U.S. sprinters, the last man and woman to complete this particular double are both icons from the 1980s. Carl Lewis completed his double in 1984; Florence Griffith-Joyner, in ’88. All of which makes Noah Lyles’ upcoming schedule that much more intriguing. He won both events at the last world championships, although that’s not exactly an even comparison for what’s ahead.
He didn’t decide to make a literal sprint toward the Olympics until watching the opening ceremony in London in 2012—that altered how he viewed the Games and their significance. He decided to make the next U.S. national team, ahead of Rio, but fell short. He qualified for the Tokyo Games while dealing with depression and anxiety.
They trained for that. At the world championships in 2022, Lyles clocked a 19.31-seconds 200-meter dash, only 0.12 off Bolt’s world mark. Right around then, his dream of doubling rounded into view. At the ’23 world championships, Netflix film crew in tow, he decided to attempt the double and see how it went. Pretty well, it turns out; he won both.But the world championships don’t always include all of the best athletes.
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