Noah Lyles finished the 2025 season in style. He became the 200m world champion for the fourth consecutive time, matching the legendary Usain Bolt. Junelle Bormfield had to assure him that he would win the 2025 World Athlete of the Year. After becoming a finalist alongside Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Lyles claimed , “I was just so focused on trying to be in the best shape of my career for Worlds that I didn’t get to look at the season as a whole. Now that I’m looking back, I actually got a pretty good chance of winning this thing.” However, reality told a different story.

Lyles stormed to 100m gold in Paris, clocking a blistering 9.79s, the fastest time of his life and a new personal best on the sport’s biggest stage. But the 2025 season began with a tendon injury, which sidelined him unti

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