Tebogo: "I can't be the face of athletics, because I'm not an arrogant or a loud person like Noah..(he's) the face of athletics"

This quote made me almost spit out my kombucha lol. Tebogo already the GOAT!

probably making too much of what is obviously a result of language barrier.

You didn't already know who his coach was??? FFS, what sort of journalists are you?

i like this guy's style. def a fan.

This guy is the anti-Noah. He was quiet the entire season and didn't boast once except for the chest thump near the 200 finish.

Disagree. Extroverts always get overvalued.

Sensible, humble guy despite the huge talent he has. Very easy to root for. Doesn't rub it in your face with post race theatrics like cowboy hats and tiaras. Well done Letsile.

Someone doesn't have to be arrogant to get attention. Jakob ingebrigsten seems extremely humble and respectful person.

Tebogo pulled a Usain Bolt by slapping his chest with 15 meters to go

if he had not done that he could have gone sub 19.3 and broken the Olympic record

so dude is a total douche

Tebogo was .17 short of the Olympic record. That chest bump cost him a couple hundredths but nowhere near .17

Rojo does it again, gets a world exclusive.

Onya mate.

So the showboater who finger wags at opponents is not arrogant enough to be the face of athletics?

Agreed.

Additionally, as far as chest thumps go, it was pretty mild and he wasn’t looking sideways at the competition either.

Given what he’s been through with his mom’s passing, was glad to see him celebrate a little at the finish line.

Good for him. Lyles' pre-race antics are cringeworthy. Much too forced and calculated, like a pro wrestler's act. And angry.

Bolt was playful, and his antics just seemed like a natural extension of his personality.

If Lyles is the current face of the sport, it's anything but beautiful. For me, Usain will always be the face of T&F.

Years ago Katie couric interviewed the Russian rocket, a short distance swimmer… and she asked a similar asinine question… It was.. wow so when you go back to Russia you will be like a movie star. The Russian gave her a blank stare and said- yes but I am real and movie stars are fake!

This is the issue with Americans! There imagination is so rich that they conflate Hollywood with the real world. Lyles is selling.. like every American has to sell sell sell shoes image style.. while other countries look at this as just sport. I guess that makes America great but you get an a$$ clown to lead your country and the rest of the world horrified at your crass display of loud obnoxious behavior.

I don’t have anything against Noah Lyles. I am happy to see him win, but I agree entirely. Noah’s pre race antics and bold statements seem like a very calculated effort, made in coordination with NBC and other major Olympic sponsors, to give him more mass market appeal.

Tebogo is fast but he is devoid of personality.

Somebody who's talking smoking rubbish about others like this...

Look at his face, after crossing the finish line, his arrogance is plain hidden. Athletics is not playing poker or politics.

I prefer the expressive extraverts, you can read them, their predictable and fun, the show men.