ALEXANDRIA, VA – Hometown pride is running high as Alexandria native Noah Lyles once again electrified the track world, capturing the men’s 200-meter crown at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on August 28. The 27-year-old sprint superstar edged Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo by a razor-thin margin—19.74 seconds to 19.76—to secure his sixth Diamond League Final title, a feat no other track athlete has ever achieved.

Reflecting on his historic victory, Lyles said, “Six in a row, the most in track! It is pretty nice to have that. I saw Letsile lean on the finish line and I leaned on the finish line but I knew I won.”

Lyles, who grew up in Alexandria and graduated from Alexandria City High School (formerly T.C. Williams High School ), reserves a résumé already packed with wor

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