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Yahoo
04-08-2025
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- Yahoo
Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek get physical after 200-meter final at U.S. Outdoor Championships
Noah Lyles ran Kenny Bednarek down, because of course he did. That's what Lyles did. Bednarek took a big early lead in the U.S. Outdoor Championships final of the men's 200 meters. Lyles caught him by the line. And if that wasn't enough action, the pair of American stars provided a postscript. Lyles appeared to stumble over Bednarek after they both crossed the finish line. That prompted a look back from Lyles and a shove from Bednarek. They nearly went their separate ways, but then Bednarek wanted to offer a handshake to Lyles, a peace offering. Lyles took a few seconds, then gave a subdued handshake as the pair exchanged a few more words. MORE: LeBron James could turn into NBA's biggest competition with $200 million from Saudi Arabia Both runners were asked in the media mixed zone after the race in Eugene, Oregon to share what they thought of the incident. Lyles was quick: "No comment." Bednarek had more to say, via Theo Kahler of Runner World: "Noah's gonna be Noah. If you want to stare me down, that's fine. I ran five rounds, he was fresh. We can line up again when we're both fresh, and I'm very confident I can beat him." Lyles had byes during the competition thanks to his past victories. Bednarek continued: "What he said doesn't matter. It's just what he did. It's unsportsmanlike s---, and I don't deal with that." And he finished with a prediction: "Next time we line it up, I'm gonna win." The world championships are in mid-September in Tokyo. The pair will both want to win for the United States, of course, but there'll be a little more juice there, too. Bring the popcorn. MORE: Olympic swimming star Leon Marchand shatters 14-year old record
New York Times
11-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Noah Lyles is back — with a win, not a bang
Noah Lyles is back. Perhaps not with a bang, but at least with a win. Into a slight headwind, he clocked 19.88sec over 200 metres in Monaco to win and extend his unbeaten Diamond League streak for that distance to seven races since 2019. More importantly, he chased down Letsile Tebogo in their first meeting since Botswana's golden boy beat Lyles in the 200m Olympic final last August. Advertisement For Lyles, times are immaterial this summer. He gets a wildcard into September's World Championship because he won the 200m world title in Budapest in 2023 and edged out Jamaica's Kishane Thomspon by five-thousandths of a second for Olympic 100m gold last summer. So why did he fly to Monaco instead of racing the 200m at home at the Prefontaine Classic last weekend? Tebogo won that in 19.76sec, the fastest time in the world this year. 'My coach said he doesn't want me running three weeks in a row, so I decided to choose Monaco,' he told reporters. 'We already had London (100m, next Saturday) on the books, so we had to say 'hey, we got to choose one'.' Injury has resulted, perhaps, in caution; the slightly humbling reality that every champion must face. Lyles was a late addition for Monaco only this week, and some refused to believe he would race until they saw him in the blocks. His winter racing surmounted to four 60m races, a 4x100m relay outing and a first 400m since his high-school days. Then nothing for nearly three months. 'It was inflammation to the groin,' Lyles said. 'To be honest, it was just a freak accident. There's no way we could have predicted it would have happened. It sucked, but thankfully we've been able to secure it. It's gone now, and we've been able to continuously start practicing intensely again (for) about two weeks. 'Being able to come out here and go after it, and not have to worry about anything, is really great.' Fully fit or not, Lyles' main character energy is still on display. The 200m had a slight delay with Mondo Duplantis attempting (but not completing) a pole vault world record. As the athletes waited in the tunnel, some bopping their head to music playing over the loudspeakers, and others with hands on their hips, Lyles lurked behind them all. He looked straight ahead with the air of a predator watching their prey. Advertisement He was — by the standards of the third-fastest man in history over 200m — rusty. A reaction time of 0.208secs was by far the slowest in the field (he is notoriously poor at getting out of the blocks quickly anyway) and put him fourth at 10m. Normally, Lyles is eating up ground on those outside him around the bend. Here, Tebogo, running on the lane inside Lyles, had the edge at 100m. Nobody wants to run outside of the Botswana man because of how hard he can close. American Kenny Bednarek has pinpointed that as a reason why he has self-destructed in certain 200m races against Tebogo. In Monaco, Lyles won how he always wins: supreme top-end mechanics, better maintaining his stride length and fluidity as others tie up, their form degrades and they decelerate more. Tebogo led until 130m, and then the American record-holder was clinical when the Olympic champion tied up. A Lyles lead of one-hundredth 30m out became daylight at the finish — he won by nearly one-tenth. He saluted the crowd, shook hands, and posed for the cameras. After all, this is Lyles. He is a showman. 'Having great competitors and fast competitors on top of that is what it's all about,' he said of the battle between him and Tebogo, which is 3-2 in Lyles' favour for their meetings over 200m. 'We bring out the best in each other. You always know that you're going to be able to keep going further and further (because of facing each other).' Lyles calls the 200m his 'wife' — and the 100m his 'mistress' — because of his differing relationships with the sprint events. He turns 28 next week and, listening to him in Monaco, he appears wiser for this year's injury problems and the events of last summer's Olympics, at which he targeted triple gold. The dream was alive when he won the 100m, only for it to come crashing down as he contracted COVID-19, leading to him being taken off the track in a wheelchair after winning 200m bronze and then missing the relays. Advertisement 'It's a blessing to be back on track,' Lyles said. 'It's always great to start your first race off on a win. I think that might be my second fastest season opener — no, third-fastest — so you can never be mad at that.' He has had four faster 200m outdoor openers in the past seven years, but the sentiment was clear. An imperfect win is still a win. Physically and mentally, he knows what it takes to build a season and navigate the rounds of a championship. 'I'm always expecting a victory, or I'm always shooting for it, I should say,' he said, once more checking himself. 'I don't see any reason not to. If I wasn't, we wouldn't have good races.' Remember that this man is now chasing a feat that only Usain Bolt managed at a World Championship: winning four consecutive 200m titles. 'I just believe that every moment was made for me, that I was made for such a time as this,' Lyles said.
Washington Post
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Australian teenager Gout Gout lowers his national record in the 200 in his first pro race in Europe
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Gout Gout is 17 , he's being compared with Usain Bolt and he has lowered his national record in his first professional race in Europe. The Australian high school senior improved his own national record when he won the 200 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in 20.02 seconds. It's not the fastest he's ever run over the half-lap sprint, but it's gaining him more attention.
Al Arabiya
25-06-2025
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- Al Arabiya
Australian teenager Gout Gout lowers his national record in the 200 in his first pro race in Europe
Gout is 17, he's being compared with Usain Bolt, and he has lowered his national record in his first professional race in Europe. The Australian high school senior improved his own national record when he won the 200 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in 20.02 seconds. It's not the fastest he's ever run over the half-lap sprint, but it's gaining him more attention. Gout posted two wind-assisted times under 20 seconds – clocking 19.84 and 19.98 at the national championship at Perth in April – but neither was considered legal because the wind was above allowable thresholds. Even without those two sub-20 times, he's still in the top seven all-time for Under-20s, a list that includes Bolt, the great Jamaican sprinter who dominated the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At age 16 last December, Gout ran 20.04 seconds to win the 200 at the national high school championships and break a 56-year-old national record over that distance set by 1968 Olympic silver medalist Peter Norman. Running in Lane 6 at Ostrava on Tuesday – the timing made it perfect for Wednesday morning TV news shows back in Australia – Gout finished powerfully to surge past Cuba's Reynier Mena on his inside over the last 30 meters. 'Another national record! Pretty happy with that. It's not a bad first-up in Europe,' he said. 'I've felt stronger in training these last couple of months, and I've felt good since I got to Europe last Thursday.' Gout was born in Ipswich near Brisbane in Queensland state. His parents are South Sudanese immigrants who moved to Australia in 2005. Gout will race again in Europe next month before returning to Australia for some schoolwork and preparation for the world championships in Tokyo in September.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Australian teenager Gout Gout lowers his national record in the 200 in his first pro race in Europe
Gout Gout, of Australia, celebrates after winning the men 200 meters during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Gout Gout is 17, he's being compared with Usain Bolt and he has lowered his national record in his first professional race in Europe. The Australian high school senior improved his own national record when he won the 200 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in 20.02 seconds. It's not the fastest he's ever run over the half-lap sprint, but it's gaining him more attention. Advertisement Gout posted two wind-assisted times under 20 seconds, clocking 19.84 and 19.98 at the national championship at Perth in April, but neither was considered legal because the wind was above allowable threshholds. Even without those two sub-20 times, he's still in the top seven all-time for Under-20s, a list that includes Bolt, the great Jamaica sprinter who dominated the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At age 16 last December, Gout ran 20.04 seconds to win the 200 at the national high school championships and break a 56-year-old national record over that distance set by 1968 Olympic silver medalist Peter Norman. Running in Lane 6 at Ostrava on Tuesday — the timing made it perfect for Wednesday morning TV news shows back in Australia — Gout finished powerfully to surge past Cuba's Reynier Mena on his inside over the last 30 meters. Advertisement 'Another national record! Pretty happy with that. It's not a bad first-up in Europe," he said. 'I've felt stronger in training these last couple of months and I've felt good since I got to Europe last Thursday.' Gout was born in Ipswich, near Brisbane, in Queensland state. His parents are South Sudanese immigrants who moved to Australia in 2005. Gout will race again in Europe next month before returning to Australia for some school work and preparation for the world championships in Tokyo in September. ___ AP sports:
