I would predict 9.82-9.92 for a lesser medal in the 100 and a SB/gold in the 200 but he stays at #3 all time (19.27-19.46).
I would like to see Tebogo beat him in the 200 with a super fast time.
+1 about Tebogo. He’s the only current 200m runner capable of challenging Lyles in the last 50m. It was a close call for Lyles in the 200m in the London DL with Tebogo. Tebogo is going to go into the WC brimming with confidence. I am sure Lyles is secretly nervous.
+1 about Tebogo. He’s the only current 200m runner capable of challenging Lyles in the last 50m. It was a close call for Lyles in the 200m in the London DL with Tebogo. Tebogo is going to go into the WC brimming with confidence. I am sure Lyles is secretly nervous.
I think Tebogo is still a year or two out from beating Noah. Not because of a lack of talent or speed, more of a knowing how to run the 200 efficiently. You can see how Noah's 200 has really evolved. He used to take the first 100m too easy and run hard the second 100m but he is a lot more balanced now. Knighton has talked about working on learning to run the 200 instead of just sprinting it like he has done in the past and I think we will see that at worlds this year.
“I don’t run a perfect 200,” he revealed. “People ask me how I run a 200 and I just tell them I just get out there and run it. Like I don’t really have a race strategy." - Knighton
The fastest teenager in the world has big goals for the future, with the 200m world record within his sights. He spoke exclusively to Olympics.com about how far he's come in such a short space of time, and the scary prospect...
How many sprinters in history who have already run sub 10 and sub 20 have bettered their PRs by more than .2 seconds in both the 100 and 200 at the meet? Zero!
Noah Lyles will not be the first.
I would point out that Michael Johnson took 0.3 seconds off his 200m PB at the Atlanta Olympics. I am aware he never broke 10 for the 100m. That said, I think there is no chance Lyles take 0.2 off of his PB at these world championships or ever.
Jakob talks big all the time and LRC has no problem about it.
Because he always delivers? He also doesn't talk TOO big. People were asking about 1500 WR this year but yet he refused to make any claims in that direction, I'd say quite the opposite, saying that 1500 WR will be the challenge of his career.
He craves attention but unfortunately for him he is nowhere near GOAT Usain Bolt. Triple triple Gold Medals at the Olympic Games, multiple can’t even recall golds at WC and multiple WR at 100, 200, and 4x100m. I can confidently say that No one ever ever will come close to Usain Bolt’s achievements it is impossible.
He has never had a great 100m start. If he ever does, 9.65 is there for the taking. But it's too late to acquire a start like that. Maybe a sub-9.80. But the 200m is his for the taking. If he is pushed by Knighton on the turn and Tobogo in the last 50m, it's all the more likely. He is a competitor who is at his best when it counts.
When Bolt ran 9.58, I thought he would go sub 19. Turns out he was better at the 100m. I think Lyles has a shot at the 200m world record. 9.65 is less likely, but why not go for it?
9.6x is never happening for Noah. I don't see 9.7x either at world's. But, I am anticipating 19.2x for him in the 200 if the wind is favorable. 19.19 feels safe.
Predictions like this never go well. Remember when Marion Jones said she would get 5 gold medals in Sydney? I wish Gabby Thomas didn't tell everyone her goal was a gold medal. They often jinx themselves.
bro what kind of comparison is this?
"oh no, she didnt get 5 golds, she only got 3 + 2 bronze medals"
Gabby won't win gold obviously but still lol
people so mad in this thread over runners saying what their goal is
I thought she got 5 DQs for not only herself but for her relay teammates
When Bolt ran 9.58, I thought he would go sub 19. Turns out he was better at the 100m. I think Lyles has a shot at the 200m world record. 9.65 is less likely, but why not go for it?
What makes you say Bolt was better at the 100m?
The best 200m runners can run 200m faster than twice their 100m time. For example, Tommie Smith, Valeriy Borzov, Donald Quarrie, Pietro Mennea, Kirk Baptiste, Joe Deloach, Mike Marsh, Michael Johnson, Andre DeGrasse, and Noah Lyles all ran 200m faster than twice their 100m time, in some cases very much faster. Bolt would have had to have run faster than 19.16 and he never did.
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt predicted on Tuesday he could reduce his own world 100 meters record to 9.54 seconds when the right opportunity comes.
True. Worth noting that Lyles added the following comment to his post: “They say if they don’t know your dreams then they can’t shoot them down. But I have always been more of a guy who loves to hear the screams from the heaters, got a nice ring to it. #Budapest2023”
The word that stands out to me in that comment is “dreams.” Is Lyles really making a prediction, or is he merely sharing his dreams and trying to manifest them?
Jakob talks big all the time and LRC has no problem about it.
Because he always delivers? He also doesn't talk TOO big. People were asking about 1500 WR this year but yet he refused to make any claims in that direction, I'd say quite the opposite, saying that 1500 WR will be the challenge of his career.
and Noah doesn't? I've been as bullish as I have about Noah because of what happened last year. LR wrote him off - I saw a ton of people saying he wouldn't win. People who said he would run 19.4 at fastest on race day were downvoted - and he went and ran 19.31, an American record. Last year, he talked and he delivered. He is still undefeated over 200, and made the US team in the 100.
