Noah Lyles ran a personal best of 9.81 seconds in the 100 meters in the final Diamond League meeting before the Paris Olympics.
LONDON -- American world champion Noah Lyles ran a personal best of 9.81 seconds in the 100 meters Saturday in the final Diamond League meeting before the Paris Olympics.
Noah Lyles is +200 to win gold in the 100 meters at the Olympics, the second-best odds behind Jamaica's Kishane Thompson at ESPN BET. In the women's 200 meters, American Gabby Thomas delivered a final surge to edge past Julien Alfred of St. Lucia in a thrilling finish. Thomas clocked 21.82 seconds, carrying Alfred to a personal best of 21.86.
Already the only athlete to go under 1:56 this year, Hodgkinson was joined by compatriots Jemma Reekie and Georgia Bell in a British 1-2-3.Another home favorite stepped up in the men's 400 meters as Matthew Hudson-Smith won in a spectacular 43.74 -- a European record and world best in 2024.
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