Rank in order of difficulty for Noah Lyles: 100m Gold, 18-second 200m, 400m WR

I say equally difficult, since he won't do any of them.

of WRs, I think only the 200m, but not under 19.

His next best chance may be the 400m WR.

But if he is speed endurance mode, as he stated recently, who knows? His 100m may improve.

Talk about putting pressure on yourself. Good luck to Lyles.

I don’t like Noah Lyles’ politics, or some of his mocking of Erryon Knighton, who was too young to be given the full public humiliation.

But I will say this: Noah Lyles has outstanding internet content. He takes viewers through entire workouts, with input from his coaches explaining the purpose of the drills, goals of the session, etc. Even every step of the warmup!

In reverse order:

400m WR: impossible. Let's see a sub 44 first

200m WR/sub 19: impossible, but you have to like his chances at gold in this event, anywhere

100m Gold: sure, he has a punchers chance here depending on who shows up and doesn't have their 'A' game

Love it love it love a cocky sprinter just what the sport needs. Seriously doubt he breaks any of those records but this will be fun for us the fans.

43.03 is no joke.The 100 gold is out of reach for him.Until last year,I didn't think he could do better than 19.5 but his improved turn shaved .2 off his pb.With a quicker get away and still improving turn,he can dip under 19.He has the speed endurance.So I'll say sub 19 easiest,400 WR easier,100 gold a pipe dream.

Honestly the 200m world record SHOULD go down very soon. The shoes make a big difference. The track surfaces are getting faster. All you have to do is catch a decent tailwind and we all know wind gauges have been known to pop a 0.0 on a 4.0 day.

Bolts world records were run in World Championship finals after several rounds which will cause fatigue. If someone takes a shot at a diamond league meet fresh then it could easily go down.

Yes, that is why is always about winning the golds. The rules/conditions always change, but each runner faces the same playing field at the time of the major championships.

I don't really want to hate on him since he's so good. I mean 19.31 is obviously nuts. But this is clearly a bit of an attention grab lol. It would be like jakob saying he wants a 3:39 mile if I had to make a comparison. And I think most people would agree thats not gonna happen even if you're the best already. Noah can be the best and also have a bad take

When's the last time a sprint record went down in the Diamond League? They have almost always been lowered recently in championship races.

From most to least likely:

100 gold

(200 WR)

400 WR

Sub-19

18.99 is a crazy time.

100m gold is easiest for him. Fred Kerley dropped down in distance to do it and his top end speed is not as good as Lyles'.

Next would be 400m WR but with a few notes- 19.19 is more attainable than 43.03 for him, but sub 19 is a whole different ballpark, which he may be underestimating. However if Fred Kerley takes the 400m WR well into #phase42 (which I think he can if he focuses on it), then I would put the 400m WR as harder than sub 19.

To break 19 you need 9.53 100 meter ability for 100 meter minimum. Lyles has no chance to break 18 unless he literally goes SSJ2.

This is great and I wish him the best on his track aspirations but he is forgetting the elephant in the room ..... Matthew Boling.

Is he cocky? Yes. Is he fun to watch? Absolutely. And he didn't mock Knighton in that race. He pointed at the camera. People on this site tried to write off Noah since they don't like his personality.

As far as chances for each, 100m gold is the easiest since each race is different and he hasn't taken the 100m seriously since he ran 9.86 in 2019. If he ran run sub 19 I'd say that puts him in Bolts tier as far as insane WRs but I can't see him doing that. He'd need like a 9.8 first 100m on the curve. I doubt he would seriously take on the 400m, at least not til his speed starts to slow down but I would like to see him split some 43s, grant split a 43.7 at an early outdoor meet last year.

Do they have pacers for the first 100m?

No but they will have the green lights on the track indicating the world record pace.

easiest - 100m gold

next - 400m WR

why are we even talking about this? - sub-19 200m

^This, except if he focussed exclusively on the 100, IMO he would have a legit straight-up shot at winning over rounds.