Lyles will go for another medal at the Paris Olympics.
If you didn't know who Noah Lyles was before these Paris Games, you absolutely should now. The U.S. sprinterLyles is participating in more than just the 100m race in these Games. He will also participate in the 200m and the 4x100m relay. Here's a
His 100m PR is fresh at these games. Will he be able to set a new PR for the 200m and/or secure a gold?Lyles will be motivated by his U.S. teammate, Kenny Bednarek, who gave him a run for his money at team trials. Bednarek finished seventh in the tightly contested 100m on Sunday. "Kenny definitely put up a fast time at trials, and that definitely woke me up. And I was very proud of him, and you know he's definitely not going to take how he did here in the 100 lying down, he's going to say 'I'm going after it in the 200.'"Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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