Noah Lyles’ weapon is not just his athletic build, which makes him always a few microseconds faster than his opponents. “If you turn your mind off and let your body just run, you see amazing things happen,” the Olympic champion said in a Washington Post interview just before the 2024 Paris Olympics. In fact, the psychological element has always been the hallmark of his iconic track journey.

And even though he doesn’t let the outside noise disturb him, he definitely doesn’t hesitate to weaponize the same against his opponents. In short, Noah Lyles is the mastermind of bringing mind games to the track. He has done it before; he will do it again. But was he up to his usual antics at the 2025 World Athletics Championships? Well, not quite as the sprinter himself clarified. But he did revea

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