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Noah Lyles

Noah Lyles
The latest news on Noah Lyles, American track and field sprinter and Olympian, including competition news and updates.
A model wears an elongated pearl sautoir necklace on the Chanel runway for the autumn/winter 2025-26 collection. Photo: Handout
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How the ladylike pearl of old is getting a bold new look

Enormous pearls are taking centre stage on the runway, offering bold reinterpretations of the customary ‘string of pearls’ in contemporary fashion to redefine femininity and make striking statements.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: 200m gold, USA survive upset – a day 13 to remember

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Lyles kept Covid secret to avoid giving ‘edge’ to rivals in Olympic 200m final

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: a Hongkonger, Noah Lyles, Wu Yanni – 5 things to know for day 13

This might be a day you want to set alarms, or take strategically timed naps, because it’s going to a long one, and there is plenty happening in the early hours you won’t want to miss.

Noah Lyles is seeking more gold to add to that for his 100m triumph with a battle in the 200m to come. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: an 88-year curse broken, and China weightlifting gold

From an artistic swimming first, to an entirely predictable basketball result, here’s what happened overnight in Paris.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Analysis | Doping, double standards and how TUEs muddy the waters of China row with the US

The accusations flung at China’s swimmers in Paris form part of a larger row between the world’s two superpowers.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Explainer | Why does Asia struggle to produce track stars, and what needs to change?

The absence of continental finalists from most of the athletics finals shows that Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian was very much an exception to the rule.

China’s Su Bingtian made history in Tokyo when he became the first sprinter of non-African descent to enter the Olympics 100m finals since 1980. Photo: Xinhua
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Opinion | Postcard from Paris: a speedy final and even quicker exit after men’s 100m

Even waiting to enjoy Noah Lyles’ victory meant battling 20,000 other people trying to get home.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after Lyles, Pan speed to gold in Paris

Noah Lyles proves fastest in the men’s 100 metres on the track while four Chinese legs of 100m in the pool end an American monopoly.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: Lyles wins men’s 100m after Djokovic, Fan golds – as it happened

Victory over Carlos Alcaraz gives Novak Djokovic the one prize he had never won, and Chinese Taipei retain badminton men’s doubles title.

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US’ Noah Lyles raises an arm as he crosses the finish in the men’s 100m final in Paris. Photo: AFP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Not such a lazy Sunday in Paris: 5 things to know for day 9 at the Olympics

The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is a good appetiser to the first among equals of Olympic events, the men’s 100m.

Noah Lyles (centre) is among the ones to watch in the men’s 100m final later today. Photo: AP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics track and field schedule, key dates: all you need to know

The 48 events unfolding across track and field in Paris give the Chinese a chance to exceed their six medals at the last Games.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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A rundown of the competitors many people’s eyes will be on – and not just for their athletic skills that brought them to the French capital.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hongkongers urged to become 7 million-strong ‘cheerleading team’ for city’s Olympians

Vivian Kong leads the charge for Hong Kong delegation, with Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey also chasing medals in first five days.

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Tourists pose for photos with the Olympic rings in Paris ahead of the opening ceremony. Photo: Kyodo
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Sprinter Diu aims for Hong Kong record after unexpected Paris Games spot

With no Hong Kong athlete having qualified for the Games, World Athletics gave the 24-year-old a ‘universality’ place set aside for under-represented nations.

National champion Felix Diu (centre) will take part in his first Olympics this month after qualifying via a universality spot from World Athletics. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Opinion | World Athletics Championships were roaring success, but we need to move forward

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POST EDIT: Omega My Choice watch campaign celebrates the modern woman

Omega is celebrating the modern woman with its new My Choice campaign that showcases the unique personalities of stars from the track, catwalk and silver screen.

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World Athletics Championships

Sydney McLaughlin smashes 400m hurdles record to win gold

Sydney McLaughlin produced another astonishing run as she broke her own world record by almost three-quarters of a second to take 400m hurdles gold.

USA’s Sydney McLaughlin in action during the Women’s 400m Hurdles final. Photo: dpa
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