Tyreek Hill, Noah Lyles confirm they will race in spring of 2025

After a series of jabs between Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill and Olympic gold medalist sprinter Noah Lyles over the last calendar year, the two speedsters have finally agreed to a race. While an official date, distance and location hasn’t been set, Hill and Lyles said in a joint interview with People the race will happen sometime before Lyles competes in the U.S. Championships this July. 

“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 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.

“I would beat Noah Lyles,” Hill, 30, said on Up & Adams at the time, per ESPN. “I’m not going to beat him by a lot, but I would beat Noah Lyles.”

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.”

“You know what hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have ‘world champion’ on their head,” Lyles, 27, said. “World champion of what? The United States? Don’t get me wrong — I love the U.S., at times, but that ain’t the world. … There ain’t no flags in the NBA. We got to do more. We got to be presented to the world.”

Noah Lyles takes shot at Tyreek Hill after 60m final win at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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.”

Lyles continued: “That’s why I’m the world’s fastest. I did at the Olympics. I do it at world championships. Do it wherever it’s needed to be done. And if I gotta go down and, you know, beat up on Tyreek to prove that I’m the world’s fastest, then it’s gonna be done.”

Hill playfully said Lyles is “scared” to compete against him in a 40-meter race, sparking a back-and-forth exchange.

 “He already knew he was gonna lose that off the jump,” Hill said.

“I did that not to embarrass you,” Lyles responded. “I mean if it was 100-meters, it’d be a blowout, you know, we gotta meet in the middle.”

“Hold on, hold on, blowout?! The only thing, the only thing that looks like it’s blowing out is your hair, so you need to chill,” Hill fired back.

Hill, Oklahoma State‘s school record holder in the indoor 60 and 200 meters, is clearly confident about his chances against Lyles. We’ll have our answer as to who the fastest man in the world is when these two finally go head-to-head.