Noah Lyles is well aware of where to strike his competitors, and he never hesitates to voice it out loud. The Olympic gold medalist, who was battle-ready, had just begun his outdoor season in July and came to Tokyo with great confidence, having sustained a groin injury. However, he managed to run his 100m heat in 9.95 seconds. But Oblique Seville, i n Heat 1, got off to a slow start, barely grabbing the third automatic qualifying spot with a time of 9.93 seconds. Lyles noticed, “Yeah, I knew that was gonna happen. ” He said, “That man was panicking in the back. ” Sharp words, no doubt. But Lyles grossly miscalculated the intensity of the Jamaican sprinter.

In the Tokyo 100m final, Seville set his personal best of 9.77 seconds leaving Kishane Thompson (9.82) and Noah Lyles (9.8

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