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Noah Lyles has opened up on why running next to Oblique Seville in the men's 100m final at the Paris Olympics assured him of a medal.
Triple world champion Noah Lyles has explained how running close to Jamaica’s Oblique Seville propelled him to the men’s 100m victory at the Paris Olympic Games.
Seville has been Lyles’ serial threat, beating him twice this season and the latter explained that running next to him was a reprieve. Seville first beat Lyles at the Racers Grand Prix before silencing the three-time world 200m champion in the men’s 100m semifinal at the Olympic Games.
Going into the final, Lyles knew he had his work cut out and running next to his serial rival was a motivating factor. The Olympic 200m bronze medallist explained that in the races where Seville had beaten him, the lanes were far apart and he was unable to monitor his reaction time.
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The race turned out just as Lyles had envisioned it in his head. He won in 9.79, milliseconds ahead of Kishane Thompson who clocked 9.79. Fred Kerley sealed the podium in a time of 9.81 as Seville faded to eighth place in 9.91 seconds.
“I knew I had a good lane when I saw Oblique Seville was going to be next to me. This is the guy who has been beating me and has beaten me twice already,” Lyles said on the Nightcap show.
“I knew his strengths and knew when he was going to try and go on me and the problem was that every time he beat me, we were far away from each other so I couldn’t even see him. Having him run close to me enabled me to know when he would make a move and I knew I would make a move as soon as he made his,” he added.
The American noted that going into the 100m, he had many strategies, leading to his second-place finishes in the first round and the semifinal. He disclosed that a call from his therapist as he geared up for the final changed his mindset.
The 27-year-old disclosed that he did not want to get beaten in either of the races but having different strategies during the race did not work for his good.
“I had many strategies and they were all thrown out of the window the closer we got to the final. I was to work on my first 60m as we got out of the blocks but my brain was constantly working overtime. However, that didn’t work out well because I was beaten and I had to focus on one goal going into the semifinal,” he said.
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