TOKYO :Noah Lyles says he is not sure to run in next year's inaugural Ultimate Championship in a potentially huge blow to World Athletics' new event that is supposed to showcase the best of the best over three days in Budapest.

Fresh from securing his fourth successive world 200 metres title, the 28-year-old Lyles said a September return to Budapest, where he did the world championships sprint double in 2023, is far from guaranteed.

"Me and World Athletics are still in talks on whether I'll even go to Ultimate Championship," he told Reuters in an interview at his Adidas Tokyo HQ on Saturday.

"They've claimed that they want to get athletes more involved. We plan to have more talks in the future about that and what that could mean."

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