Noah Lyles reveals status of race against Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill: 'Dead serious about this'

Olympic gold medalist sprinter Noah Lyles is the self-proclaimed “fastest man alive,” and is “dead serious” about putting it on the line in a race against Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill.

“I’m not here to play around,” Lyles, 27, told Rohan Nadkarni of NBC News. “I’m dead serious about this. Going to bring everything I got for this.” 

While an official date, distance and location is not official, Hill and Lyles said in a recent joint interview with People the race will happen sometime before Lyles competes in the U.S. Championships this July. The race was agreed upon following a series of jabs between the two dating back to 2023.

“This has been an ongoing thing for quite some time now. And I mean, everybody’s seen the back and forth on social media,” Hill, 30, said. “I’ve been very adamant to show people what real, true speed looks like.”

Following the Paris Olympics this past summer, in which Lyles took home gold in the 100-meter event, Hill said he would beat Lyles in a race. Hill was responding to the comments Lyles made after the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, when he criticized NBA Finals champions for calling themselves “world champions.”

Then came the 60-meter final at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix earlier this month. After his victory, Lyles pulled out a sign that read, “Tyreek could never.”

“I think it speaks for itself,” Lyles told People of the sign. “Everybody says that they’re gonna be the world’s fastest, but when it comes down to it, you gotta be the winner every time, each and every time. And every time I show up to the biggest moments, I win.”

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Lyles said he spoke to Hill for the first time following the Indoor Grand Prix. His message to the All-Pro receiver?

“I don’t want you to think that I’m just out here joking,” Lyles said. “Let me be confident saying this. I’m your guy. I’m your guy who’s gonna to let you swing, but best believe I will dodge, and you will get hit with an uppercut.” 

Lyles mentioned 60 meters and New York City’s Times Square as possibilities for distance/location. One thing for certain is that Hill won’t be backing down. Hill, Oklahoma State‘s school record holder in the indoor 60 and 200 meters, said Lyles is “scared” to compete against him in a 40-meter race.

Lyles wouldn’t mind breaking a world record against Hill.

“I’m more thinking about, ‘dang, I have an opportunity to break the world record along with beating Tyreek’,” Lyles said. “So, Tyreek better be ready. Because if a world record gets dropped on his head, he ain’t gonna be able to hear nothing.”