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☆ Lyles clocks fastest time in semis after cart crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Four days after winning the 100 metres, Lyles, twice world 200m champion, ran 19.76 seconds to record the fastest time in Thursday's semi-finals. Lyles' heat was delayed by 30 minutes after the golf cart transporting him and the other runners from the warmup track to the stadium crashed into another cart. American Kenny Bednarek, the Olympic silver medallist, ran 19.96 for the second fastest time, edging Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, the 100m silver medallist who crossed in 19.97. The 26-year-old Lyles is seeking to become the first man to win the sprint double since Usain Bolt in 2015. American Erriyon Knighton qualified fourth and Britain's 100 metres bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes, who beat John Regis's 30-year-old national record in the 200 this season, was fifth.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Andrew Hudson, Hudson, Kenny Bednarek, Letsile, Bednarek, Tebogo, Usain Bolt, Erriyon Knighton, Zharnel Hughes, John Regis's, Andre De Grasse, De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Lori Ewing, Ed Osmond Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, Thursday's, Botswana, Tebogo

☆ Lyles takes next step towards sprint double
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 26-year-old boldly predicted he would run 19.10 in the 200, which would break Usain Bolt's 2009 world record of 19.19, though that long shot would only conceivably come in Friday's final. Lyles was ill with Covid ahead of last month's U.S. trials. "I try to make all my races look as easy as possible, even if they aren't," said Lyles, who is seeking to become the first man to do the sprint double since Bolt in 2015. The 19-year-old Knighton has a personal best of 19.49 - second fastest in the field - and season's best of 19.72. "Noah Lyles will attack the world record, and maybe, if I push him hard, he could set it."

Persons: Noah Lyles, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Lyles, Bolt, Andrew Hudson, I'm, Kenny Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Knighton, Bednarek, Britain's Zharnel Hughes, John Regis's, Tebogo, Andre De Grasse, Lori Ewing, Mitch Phillips, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Athletics Centre, Rights, London Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S

☆ American Lyles delivers with 100m world gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fourth-placed Oblique Seville of Jamaica was three thousandths of a second off the podium as all three men clocked 9.88. Tebogo, 20, is the first African to win a world 100m medal, while Hughes, the fastest in the world coming into the championships with 9.83, is the first Briton on the men's 100m podium since Darren Campbell took bronze 20 years ago. "I needed to make sure that I was accelerating and when I was at 60 metres I took the lead," Lyles said. The two-times world champion in the 200m will now go for the sprint double, last achieved by Usain Bolt in 2015, before hoping to sign off with a win in the sprint relay. Defending 100m world champion Fred Kerley of the U.S. failed to qualify for the final after running 10.02 in the semis.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Marton Monus, Hughes, Kerley, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Christian Coleman, Darren Campbell, Lyles, COVID, Usain Bolt, I's, Fred Kerley, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis, Pritha Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Briton, Tokyo Olympics, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, U.S, BUDAPEST, Botswana, Seville, Jamaica, United States

☆ Noah Lyles: American sprinter Noah Lyles wins 100m at 2023 World Athletics Championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —American sprinter Noah Lyles won the men’s 100m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday. The 26-year-old Lyles finished the event in 9.83 seconds to secure victory and record the joint fastest time of this year. Lyles said he “expected” to win the event despite no one else believing he could. Lyles, who is already a two-time 200m world champion, will go for a three-peat in the event later this week. At last year’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon, Lyles smashed the American 200m record previously set by Michael Johnson 26 years beforehand and became the third fastest man over the distance after clocking in at 19.31 seconds.

Persons: Noah Lyles, Lyles, ”, ” Lyles, “, Letsile Tebogo, Zharnel Hughes, Marcell Jacobs, Michael Johnson Organizations: CNN, NBC Sports, Briton Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Botswana, Eugene , Oregon

☆ Fast times, big crowds as worlds return to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hungary itself has a woeful world championship record, having never won a gold medal. However, World Athletics says ticket sales have been "strong" and the purpose-built 30,000-capacity stadium, which boasts the same bouncy Mondo track that contributed to so many fast times in Tokyo. Still only 29, she is appearing in her sixth world championships seeking a third gold to add to two Olympic 1,500 metres titles. Norwegian duo Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1,500m) and Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles) are among the big names expected to triumph in the longer distances. With sprinters Marlies Goehr and Marita Koch - whose 1985 400m world record of 47.60 remains much quicker than any current athlete - leading the way, the original "state-sponsored" doping regime of East Germany topped the table with 10 golds.

Persons: Sha'Carri Richardson, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Sebastian Coe, Faith Kipyegon, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, Fred Kerly, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Karsten Warholm, Ryan Couser, Tobi Amusan, Coe, Marita Koch, Mitch Phillips, Ed Osmond Organizations: Diamond League, Doha, Paris Olympics, Athletics, WA, Kenyan, Eugene, Marathon, Marlies Goehr, Thomson Locations: Silesia, Silesian, Poland, Budapest, Eugene, United States, Hungary, Tokyo, Jamaica, U.S, Norwegian, East Germany

☆ Eugene Amo-Dadzie only started sprinting seriously in his mid-20s. Now ‘the world’s fastest accountant’ is taking track and field by storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Eugene Amo-Dadzie leads what appears to be an ordinary life: he’s a husband, a father, and works nine-to-five as a chartered accountant in London. The sprinter’s career trajectory is unlike any of his rivals’ on the track and field circuit. He only started training seriously at the age of 26 and still balances athletics with his regular job as an accountant. A promising sprinter throughout school, Amo-Dadzie had lowered his 100m time to 11.3 seconds by the age of 17. “It is a difficult balance – I’m a husband, I’m a father, I’m also a governor of a primary school.

Persons: CNN — Eugene Amo, he’s, Dadzie, ’, ”, Amanda Davies, Dan Mullan, “, I’d, Steve Fudge, Sam Mellish, I’ve, Reece Prescod, Jeremiah Azu, Alex Livesey, I’m, Zharnel Hughes Organizations: CNN, European, British, Getty Locations: London, Istanbul, Turkey, Austria, Budapest, Paris, Amo, Great Britain, New York

☆ 'World's fastest accountant' Amo-Dadzie goes under 10 seconds in Graz 100m
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 20 (Reuters) - Eugene Amo-Dadzie calls himself the world's fastest accountant and the number-crunching British athlete put his money where his mouth is by scorching the track in Graz, Austria with a superb 9.93 seconds finish in the 100 metre run. The 30-year-old full-time accountant, who only started running seriously four years ago, improved on his personal best at the Horst Mandl Memorial last week to become the quickest 100m runner in Europe this year. "I got a really good reaction, a really good start and then it was like 'Do not let your foot off the gas'," Amo-Dadzie told the BBC. "I leaned towards the line, looked over, saw the time began with a nine and went crazy. "I still refer to myself as an accountant that happens to operate in the world of track and field."

Persons: Eugene Amo, Dadzie, Horst Mandl, Linford Christie, James Dasaolu, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod, bloomer, Shrivathsa Sridhar Organizations: BBC, Woodford Green Athletics Club, European, Britain, Thomson Locations: British, Graz, Austria, Europe, Bengaluru

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