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Noah Lyles

The latest news on Noah Lyles, American track and field sprinter and Olympian, including competition news and updates.

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo runs with children around a course during a visit to a primary school gymnasium on Tuesday before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photo: AFP

World Athletics Championships

Tokyo world championships: Tebogo’s legs to ‘do the talking’ in Lyles showdown

Softly spoken Botswana Olympic champion and ‘arrogant’ American rival set to square off in the 100m, 200m races from Saturday.

9 Sep 2025 - 9:00PM

Masterpieces

How the ladylike pearl of old is getting a bold new look

21 May 2025 - 5:15PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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

9 Aug 2024 - 8:11AM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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

‘We were trying to get me on as much medication as we legally could,’ American says of decision to run after diagnosis on Tuesday.

9 Aug 2024 - 8:12AM

Noah Lyles (far left) receives care from medical staff following the men’s Olympic 200m final. Photo: Reuters

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.

8 Aug 2024 - 3:23PM

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.

8 Aug 2024 - 7:39AM

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.

8 Aug 2024 - 5:26AMvideocam

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Swimmers from China, the USA and France pose with their medals after the men’s 4x100m medley relay at Paris La Defense Arena. Photo: Reuters

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.

6 Aug 2024 - 6:24PM

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.

6 Aug 2024 - 6:30AM

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.

5 Aug 2024 - 12:09PM

Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates winning the men’s 100m final in Paris. Photo: EPA-EFE

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.

5 Aug 2024 - 9:56AM

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.

4 Aug 2024 - 1:42PM

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.

2 Aug 2024 - 8:38AM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics’ 10 hottest athletes: the men and women as good as they look

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.

27 Jul 2024 - 3:00AM

Japanese surfer Shino Matsuda is just one of the athletes making waves for their looks as well as their skills. Photo: Kyodo

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.

27 Jul 2024 - 7:44AMvideocam

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.

15 Jul 2024 - 6:45PM

World Athletics Championships

Opinion | World Athletics Championships were roaring success, but we need to move forward

My experiences as an athlete at World Championships were not as much fun as they have been as president, now we need to modernise our sport.

27 Sep 2023 - 8:21PM

Fashion

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.

9 Aug 2022 - 4:15AM

A watch from Omega’s Mini Trésor range. Omega is celebrating the modern woman with its new My Choice campaign.

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.

23 Jul 2022 - 3:02PM

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Noah Lyles

Tokyo world championships: Tebogo’s legs to ‘do the talking’ in Lyles showdown

Softly spoken Botswana Olympic champion and ‘arrogant’ American rival set to square off in the 100m, 200m races from Saturday.

How the ladylike pearl of old is getting a bold new look

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

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

‘We were trying to get me on as much medication as we legally could,’ American says of decision to run after diagnosis on Tuesday.

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.

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.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}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.

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.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}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.

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 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.

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.

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 Olympics’ 10 hottest athletes: the men and women as good as they look

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.

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.

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.

Opinion | World Athletics Championships were roaring success, but we need to move forward

My experiences as an athlete at World Championships were not as much fun as they have been as president, now we need to modernise our sport.

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.

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.

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

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