A LL the overhead shots and race replays tell the same story. Noah Lyles only led one time during his Olympic 100-metre sprint for the ages: at the finish line.
PARIS 2024 to be the front man for a sport that yearns for new fans feels like a game-changer to Seb Coe, the World Athletics president who called Sunday's race "if not perfect, about as close to perfect as you can get.
If I'm wearing a promoter's hat, then him winning last night was important, because he's now creating a narrative LYLES There's a good argument that the rest of his stay at these Paris Games won't be anywhere near as nip-and-tuck.
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