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Lyles has defended his compatriots Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley and Sha'Carri Richardson following their shaky outdoor season starts.
American sprint sensation Noah Lyles has jumped to the defence of Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley following their rather worrying starts to their Diamond League seasons back in April.
Both Americans have flattered to deceive since the start of the season. Coleman and Kerley have failed to run sub-ten second races so far, and it got worse for the latter, who suffered an injury that could curtail his Olympic preparations.
Even the ever-impressive Sha’Carri Richardson was unable to win any of the 200m events she ran in China, leaving fans worried.
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15:32 - 27.04.2024
Akani Simbine beats Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley to end American dominance in Suzhou Diamond League
South Africa's Akani Simbine has stamped authority at the Diamond League Meeting in Suzhou, beating Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley to second and third place respectively.
Lyles has been in impeccable form on his own. He helped the US 4x100m relay team clinch gold in Bahamas and also set an American record in the 150 meters of the LA Grand Prix meet last week.
However, even he is yet to peak, and several other sprinters as well are at that stage, including South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala.
Speaking to the media following his LA Grand Prix feat, Lyles vehemently defended his compatriots, asking for people to be more considerate considering the unusual scheduling of events in an Olympic year.
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14:35 - 06.05.2024
Why Justin Gatlin is not too worried about Fred Kerley & Christian Coleman's slow outdoor season starts
Kerley and Coleman were unable to run sub-10 100m races at Xiamen and Suzhou Diamond League meetings but ex-American sprinter Justin Gatlin is backing them to come good.
“These last few Diamond Leagues were brought from the middle of the season to earlier than Doha. Doha is usually the start of the season every time, these were scheduled for April,” Lyles said.
“You usually do not see people running in April unless they are running Texas relays, something like that and they have a lot of wind (challenging them)."
Coleman, who clinched gold in the 60 meters of the World Indoor Championships, looks like he is still getting out of the shell from the indoor season, something Lyles thinks is the case.
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15:00 - 23.05.2024
Noah Lyles slams USTAF's decision to host Team Kenya's Olympic 10,000m trials
Triple world champion Noah Lyles is not happy with the Prefontaine Classic organisers for accepting to host Team Kenya's 10,000m Olympic qualifiers and has given reasons behind his argument.
“You are just dusting off from the indoor season or dusting off from being on a long hiatus of a long (previous) season.
“The fact he was more of a glorified rust buster, people are like ‘Oh! This was at Diamond League!’”
Lyles believes the long-hour flights to China in April may have taken a toll on his compatriots mentally and physically.
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09:33 - 25.05.2024
Mary Moraa and 'bestie' Sha'Carri Richardson dance to Kenyan gospel song [WATCH]
Mary Moraa is spreading Kenyan roots worldwide as she jammed to a Swahili gospel song alongside world 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson, her new bestie.
“That does not change the fact that it is still in April. You do not usually see huge times then. And they travelled all the way to China. Come on! That is a 14-hour flight. That is like a 12-hour difference.
“You cannot expect somebody to record crazy times just because they went over to a Diamond League meet.”
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18:30 - 23.05.2024
American sprint icon explains how Kendall Williams' 100m world lead will impact Noah Lyles
Williams, Noah Lyles' teammate, set a world leading time of 9.93 last weekend, something Gatlin believes is bad news for the rest of track and field.
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