At last year’s Olympics, the lingering image of Noah Lyles after the 200m was this: Lyles out of breath, sprawled across the track before being helped onto a wheelchair and whisked away. It wasn’t the end anyone would’ve imagined for the then 3-time 200m world champion. Only later did he reveal that he had contracted Covid-19 just days before, keeping his positive test a secret to keep the dream of being the first man since Usain Bolt to win the sprint double. It’s a testament to Lyles’ resilience that he was able to huff and puff his way to the bronze medal, as Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo sprinted to gold. In the very event Lyles hadn’t lost in the previous 3 years. Now, just over a year on from that ignominious end, Noah Lyles has snatched redemption with two hands.

At the ongoing Tokyo W

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