"And with that I say goodbye to the 2023 season!"
The social media post included three checked boxes: "World's fastest man in 100 & 200; 2 years undefeated in the 200m; 3X world champion."
The news means the 26-year-old, arguably the U.S. team's biggest name, will not race at home in the Diamond League final on Sept. 16-17 in Eugene.
Lyles closed his season with a victory in the 200 at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday in Zurich, and tops the 200m standings with wins in all three of his appearances.
The Diamond League circuit has two stops before the final, on Saturday at Xiamen, China and the Memorial Van Damme, Sept. 8-9 in Brussels.
Persons:
Noah Lyles, Denis Balibouse, Lyles, Van Damme, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis
Organizations:
Diamond League, Twitter, team's, Weltklasse Diamond League, Thomson
Locations:
Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland, U.S, Eugene, Xiamen, China, Brussels, Budapest, Paris