OlympicTalk · Jul 16, 2019
Noah Lyles will not race 100m at USATF Outdoors; plans Olympic double
Noah Lyles confirmed after his most recent 100m on Friday that he will not race the event at next week’s USATF Outdoor Championships, opting to focus on his best event, the 200m.
“That’s what I’ve been saying for a few months now,” Lyles told LetsRun.com after finishing second to world champion Justin Gatlin at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday.
Still, Lyles said he discussed the potential 100m-200m double with his coach over the weekend, but they kept the plan to save him strictly for the 200m, according to Reuters.
“We have already decided to do the double next year at the Olympic Trials,” Lyles said, according to the report.