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Noah Lyles continues trash talk to Kenny Bednarek, Olympic 200m field: 'When I come off the turn, they will be depressed'

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Noah Lyles
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Noah Lyles claimed the title of world’s fastest man on Sunday with his gold medal in the 100m final in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Even so, he’s already calling his shot for the 200m final later this week from France.

Lyles didn’t hold back when discussing the 200m event. While on the same team, he said Kenny Bednarek, who finished in seventh in the 100, along with the rest of the field would be as disappointed as they were today when he goes for it in that race too.

“(Kerley) is definitely not going to take how he did here in the 100m lying down…(But) that man ain’t winning,” said Lyles. “None of them is winning. When I come off the turn, they will be depressed.”

Lyles certainly has a case as a favorite, especially after the events earlier today inside the Stade de France.

Lyles already came to Paris as the reigning world champion in the 100m and 200m in Budapest. He also won another event with his teammates in the 4x100m relay, which made him the first runner to achieve all of that in one world championship since Usain Bolt (2015). The 200m win was also his third consecutive after securing those in 2019 and 2022 as well.

Now, Lyles has the Olympic gold medal, the first of his career, from the 100m event around his neck. He earned that in a photo finish with Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as he ran a 9.784 at .005 faster than Thompson.

The other Olympic medal of Lyles’ career came in 2021 in Tokyo with him finishing in third in the 200m. Now, in 2024, he’s making it known that he’s running one of his best events for another gold on Thursday.

Lyles celebrates 100-meter dash win: ‘America, I told you I got this’

Noah Lyles had a strong message for the United States after winning the Olympic gold medal at the 100-meter dash in Paris.

“America, I told you I got this,” Lyles said.

Lyles crossed the finish line with a time of 9.79 in a photo finish to win track and field’s biggest event in the Olympics. He beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who also ran a 9.79. His fellow American in Fred Kerley finished in third by posting a 9.81 time to earn the bronze medal.

Lyles is the first American to win the Olympic gold medal in the 100m for the men since Justin Gatlin won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. This is his second Olympic medal, claiming bronze in the 200-meter dash in the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021.