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Gatlin has revealed the only way competitors can beat Noah Lyles after Letsile Tebogo managed to edge him out in the final of the 200m at the just-concluced Paris Olympics.
American sprint icon Justin Gatlin has offered expert analysis on how competitors can manage to get the better of Noah Lyles in future.
Lyles managed to win the gold medal in the most dramatic of circumstances in the 100 meters, beating silver medalist Kishane Thompson by a thousandth of a second to claim the title, but had to settle for third place in the 200 meters, losing to eventual winner Letsile Tebogo and American compatriot Kenny Bednarek, who took home the silver.
Lyles, famously controversial, polarised opinion throughout the games and landed himself in trouble when he arrogantly boasted that no one would beat him in the 200 meters, before making an exaggerated entrance before the final.
Upon settling for Bronze, he had to be taken off on a wheelchair as he was diagnosed with COVID-19, which may have hampered his performance.
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12:00 - 11.08.2024
Why Justin Gatlin will not denounce Noah Lyles for running men's 200m final with COVID-19 virus
Justin Gatlin has shared why he will not condemn Noah Lyles for running with the COVID-19 virus in the men's 200m final at the Paris Olympics.
Now Gatlin, himself a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the 109 meters, has revealed the only way to take down Noah Lyles, who backs himself with talk but on most occasions ends up walking it, drawing references to the 2023 World Championships in Budapest where he took home three gold medals.
“Noah says what he is going to do. He does not hide it. He broadcasts it to the world. He tells you ‘ I am the fastest man in the world and if you do not believe it, I am going to prove it at the Olympics and I will show you’, and he did that,” Gatlin said on his Ready Set Go podcast.
“He went out when we said he could not win the world championship in the 100 meters and became the world champion, backed it up with a 200m world championship with an American record of 19.3 and then went on to get a gold in the 4 by 1. “
Gatlin has admitted having doubted Lyles to take home the 100 meters gold, with many tipping Thompson of Jamaica to take it home.
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10:15 - 11.08.2024
Noah Lyles & Letsile Tebogo beware: Jamaica's Kishane Thompson reveals master plan to contend for 200m soon
Thompson has burst onto the scene as one of the most prominent 100 meter racers over the last two months, but has revealed his plan to throw his hat onto the ring for the 200 meters soon.
Gatlin has warned sprinters never to make competing with Lyles a ‘toe-to-toe race in future if they want to obliterate him.
“The hardest medal I thought he was going to have to achieve was the 100 meters. When you are running with somebody who is not going to lay down and will give it his all, do not let that race turn into a footrace”
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