Latest news with #fastest
Fox News
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles calls off speed showdown against Tyreek Hill, cites 'personal reasons'
In February, Super Bowl winner and speedy wide receiver Tyreek Hill and the "world's fastest man," Noah Lyles, appeared to reach an agreement. While the two sports stars agreed to square off in a race to determine who really is the fastest, the highly anticipated event won't actually happen, according to Lyles. The 27-year-old, who won gold in the 100 meters at last summer's Paris Olympics, attended this week's Cannes Lions Festival in France. During an onstage appearance, Lyles cited "complications" and "personal reasons" when he provided an update on the status of the race. Lyles suggested planning was in its final stages, and the two athletes initially intended to compete as soon as this weekend. "We were very deep into creating the event. In fact, it was supposed to happen this weekend," Lyles said, via the New York Post. "Unfortunately, there were some things, complications, personal reasons that it just didn't come to pass, but we were full on." Lyles added that New York City's famous Times Square would likely have been the site for the event. "We were gonna have a big event. We were going to shut down New York Times Square and everything. We were gonna have all the billboards for the event. It was going to be a lot of fun." Hill recently shared a video on his social media account showing him working on his sprinting as he prepared for the friendly contest with Lyles. The video showed the eight-time Pro Bowl receiver finishing the 100 meters at the Last Chance Sprint Series event in California in 10.15 seconds. It remains unclear if the race between Lyles and Hill will be rescheduled to a later date. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Noah Lyles says his race against Tyreek Hill has been canceled due to 'complications'
Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, left, and U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles had announced a race against each other earlier this year but Lyles said this week that those plans have been scrapped. (Associated Press) U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles thinks he's the fastest man in the world. Tyreek Hill, the Miami Dolphins receiver with the nickname "Cheetah," thinks he could beat Lyles in a race. The two men announced earlier this year that they would settle this most pressing of matters on the track, without offering many other details. Advertisement Now, however, it seems the world may never know which of them is truly its fastest runner. Speaking to reporters on Monday at the Stagwell Global Sport Beach event in Cannes, France, the 27-year-old Lyles revealed that his race against Hill, 31, actually had been slated to take place "this weekend" in Times Square but had been called off at some point because of unspecified "complications" and "personal reasons." 'We were very deep into creating the event. In fact, it was supposed to happen this weekend," Lyles said. "Unfortunately there were some things — complications, personal reasons — [and] it just didn't come to pass. Read more: Noah Lyles and Tyreek Hill agree to settle who's faster with their legs, not their mouths Advertisement "But, I mean, we were all in. We were going to have a big event. We were going to shut down New York Times Square and everything. We were gonna have all the billboards for the event. It was going to be a lot of fun." Lyles was the world champion in the 200 meters in 2019, 2022 and 2023 and in the 100 in 2023. At last year's Paris Olympics, he won gold in the 100 and bronze in the 200, later saying he had Covid-19 during those Games. Following his 2023 world title, Lyles drew attention by telling reporters that teams that win the championship of a league based primarily or entirely in the United Statesare not technically world champions, despite what those athletes might claim. "World champion of what?" Lyles asked . "The United States?" Advertisement During 2024 training camp, podcast host Kay Adams mentioned Lyles' comments to Hill and asked the speedy receiver if he'd like to race Lyles. 'I would beat Noah Lyles,' replied Hill, a former high school track star who won the 100 and 200 at the 2012 Georgia 5A state meet and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.29 at his 2015 pro day. "I'm not going to beat him by a lot, but I would beat Noah Lyles.' Read more: High school sprinter stripped of state title after fire extinguisher celebration Lyles' personal bests are 9.79 seconds in the 100 and 19.31 seconds in the 200. He told Bleacher Report in May that he thought his time in the 40 would be "somewhere between a 4.1 and a 4.2." Advertisement In February, immediately after winning the 60 at the Indoor Grand Prix, Lyles held a scrap of paper in front of his face that read, 'Tyreek Could Never.' Last week, after running a personal-best time of 10.15 in a 100-meter preliminary at a Last Chance Sprint Series event at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Hill held up a sign that read "Noah Could Never." While the two men apparently had been slated to settle their feud on the track, now it looks like that's not going to happen. Hill took to X on Tuesday to post a version of a popular meme featuring Homer Simpson fading into the bushes, with Lyles' face super-imposed over that of the cartoon character. "@LylesNoah after seeing me run the 100m last weekend," Hill wrote. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
