Noah Lyles throws down the gauntlet: predicts 19.10 and 9.65

Both times are exactly 0.21 seconds better than his current PRs. Getting the 200 WR seems more likely than him running 9.65 imo, but both are huge long shots of course.

Sprinters have a tendency to talk big. This is just that. Let us see if he can get two gold medals. That wound be amazing. Forget about times.

That's honestly so slow, I'm a distance runner and could probably go faster than that at the end of a race.

Big fan of Noah but not sold on him getting the American 100m record. But since most athletes will be shooting to run 9.7 at Budapest why not shoot bigger? Good for him. Last year he went from running 19.67 at USAs to 28 days later running 19.31 at worlds. This year he ran 19.47 on July 23th and the 200m finals are August 25th which is 34 days. If he lined up things like last year and is faster, a 19.11 could be expected. This kind of logic is faulty but fun to think about.

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.

Is he predicting these times for Tebogo? Tebogo has a better chance of running these times than Lyles.

If Tebogo wasn't running blind on the outside in that race, he wouldn't have given Lyles as big of a lead through 100m but he still finished way faster than Lyles the last 50m.

I think you have it flipped. More likely he runs 19.10 than 9.65. Last ear he ran 19.31, so that's just a tenth of a second per 100 meters. To get 9.65 he needs a PR of 0.2 seconds over 100 meters. Much less likely.

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.

"way faster"? Tebogo's final 100m was 0.01 faster than Noah's.

I don't see 9.65 but I expect 19.10. I think he runs high 9.7s

Noah will not ever get either world record. You can take that to the bank.

What are you, 70? Who still goes to the bank?

Another reason to appreciate the GOAT Usain Bolt.

He didn't run his mouth before the race.

Jakob talks big all the time and LRC has no problem about it.

Maybe. I don't really listen to him, I'm more concerned with his ugly tattoos. Yuck!

I applaud his confidence, but that's an impossible dream for him.

Logic is incredibly fault as it's not a straight line progression. He doesn't have what it takes to run those times, I do applaud his confidence.

Are you kidding me, tons of people go to the bank. This is news to you?

Sprinters with attitudes, that's always ok with me.

Noway we see a sub 19.40 or a sub 9.70, that is my prediction.