- Athletics Canada has responded to Noah Lyles’ taunt in the 4 by 100m relay
- Lyles lead the USA to victory in the race at the World Relay Championships
- Canada has now dared the world champions to a rematch at Paris 2024
Noah Lyles has stirred up another hornet’s nest after his comment following the final of the 4 by 100m race at the World Relays Championships over the weekend.
Lyles led the star-studded athletes at the two-day event in Nassau, Bahamas, with the United States of America winning four of the five finals.
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The event, which doubled as the Paris 2024 Olympics qualification races, set the tone for what to expect later in the year at the Summer Games.
Lyles anchored Team USA to a world-leading time of 37.40 seconds to finish ahead of an Andre De Grasse-powered Canada, who clocked 37.89 seconds.
The triple champion from the World Athletics Championships from last year dropped an 8.88-second split – the fastest of any split at the race.
Speaking after the race, the 26-year-old was quizzed about Canada’s threat heading into the Olympics, which he downplayed with a hilarious ‘who?’ jibe. I have later shared a post on his https://twitter.com/LylesNoah/status/1787810103317434868 indicating that the USA, or himself, is getting ready for ‘world domination.’
Athletics Canada fires back at Noah Lyles
Athletics Canada has now fired back at the jibe, daring the USA to another contest in Paris.
“Let’s see who stands on business in Paris. Until then, here is the Men’s 4×100 Relay team’s World Championship performance winning (gold) on American soil.”
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Oregon, Canada brought the roof down in the relays final, with De Grasse powering his side to gold ahead of the hosts.
The American team at that time was made up of 2019 100m champion Christian Coleman, Lyles, Elijah Hall and Marvin-Bracy Williams. The USA would, however, reclaim the world title in 2023. Canada failed to make it out of the heats.
Tebogo: Let Lyles talk about the world records
Sports Brief has also reported that Letsile Tebogo has ‘withdrawn’ himself from world records talk as the 2024 outdoor season hits fever pitch.
The Botswana sprint sensation led his nation to the 4 by 400m gold at the World Relay championships in the Bahamas.
He refused to be drawn into the talk of whether he could break Usain Bolt’s long-standing world records this year.
