By Noah Lyles crowned men’s 100m world
champion at track Worlds
Editorial Note: Noah Lyles Redefines Sprinting at 2023 World Athletics
Championships. Noah Lyles’ blazing victory in the men’s 100m final at the 2023
World Athletics Championships in Budapest solidifies him as the new sprint
sensation.
His come-from-behind win, clocking in at 9.83 seconds, showcases
both his speed and strategy. Letsile Tebogo’s silver for Botswana marks Africa’s
first appearance on the senior 100m podium, while Zharnel Hughes’ bronze
underscores dedication and cross-cultural camaraderie.
Lyles and his peers stand
as beacons of inspiration for aspiring athletes worldwide. – Talukder Tetulia,
August 21, 2023.
(This news was originally published on Olympics.com.)
Noah Lyles is the new fastest man in the world.
The American track and field star shined at 2023 World Athletics Championships
in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday (20 August), winning the men’s 100m final in
9.83 seconds.
It was a come-from-behind victory, with the 26-year-old having trailed behind
teammate and early leader Christian Coleman.
However, 2019 world champion Coleman faded in the closing metres, with Lyles,
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, and Jamaica’s
Oblique Seville all overtaking him.
“I came here for three golds, ticked off one, others are coming,” Lyles said. “[The]
100m was the hardest one…. I will have fun with the event I love now (200m).
“Coleman always has the fast start. He had it the whole season, he was even
getting better and better. I expected him to do what he does and if he would be
the only one in front of me, it would be my race. I needed to make sure that I was
accelerating, when I was at the 60m, I took the lead.
“My documentary series will come out soon on the World Athletics YouTube
channel. I talked there about doing the individual double. The reason I really
wanted to do it is because nobody else deserves it than me.”
It was a three-way photo-finish for second, third, and fourth all on 9.88, with
Tebogo the first over the line (.873). His silver medal marked the first time Africa
had put a man on the senior world 100m podium, and is his third world-level
medal at just 20 years old (in addition to titles at under-18 and under-20 levels).
“This medal isn’t for me, it’s for Botswana, for Africa, because Africa has been
short of medals in men’s sprints,” he said in the mixed zone. “It’s really amazing
for Africa; we have been thirsting for a medal.”
Hughes, who had run the world’s fastest time until Lyles equalled the world lead
on Saturday, was just one one-thousandth behind Tebogo (.874), with Seville only
another three one-thousandths outside the medals (.877).
“All these years, all these years of lessons, tribulations, of patience, I stuck to it,”
Hughes said. “I had self-belief and trust in speed, my coach, and it’s all come
together at last in the 100m at a world championships: I am a bronze medallist.”
The Anguilla-born Hughes, who trains in Jamaica, also dedicated his medal to that
country. “This one is also to the Jamaicans. Even though I’m not running for
Jamaica, they allow me to train there, they support me as well. Without their
help, I wouldn’t have been here.”
