Noah Lyles will face familiar rival Fred Kerley in the 60m event at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
World champion Noah Lyles will kick off his 2024 season at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, facing a familiar rival Fred Kerley in the 60m event on February 4.
Lyles, the defending champion will aim to begin the season on a positive note by claiming another famous win against debutant Kerley, just as he did against Trayvon Bromell last season clocking a Personal Best of 6.51s.
His victory over Bromell kicked off a historic season for him, which saw him clinch the 100m and 200m world titles at the World Championships in Budapest, in addition to anchoring Team USA to the 4x100m gold medal.
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Lyles will be gunning to replicate the same form this season by gunning for a quadruple of gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games, but first, he has to start the season right in Boston.
Meanwhile, Kerley won't be a pushover as he's one of the most versatile sprinters, and will be racing the first 60m dash of his career at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
He won his first individual global medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, taking bronze in the 400m.
Two years later, the American speedster started running the 100m, in which he won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. And a year later, he won the 100m gold at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.