Sixty metres into the men’s 100-metre Olympic final in Paris and Noah Lyles is third.
AdvertisementThe headline is Lyles winning by five-thousandths of a second in the closest men’s 100m Olympic final ever — and the hardest for which to qualify.
Lyles (9.78sec) ran the fastest time in an Olympic 100m final since Bolt’s Olympic record (9.63) in London back in 2012.
The final frontier for him to become Olympic champion was the start… so here’s the story of how a 75-year-old and a stickman helped give Lyles the edge.
At Lyles’ training base in Clermont, Florida, Mann, now 75, has a marquee set up by the side of the track.
Persons:
Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, Lyles, Usain Bolt, ”, Ralph Mann, —, Mann, Lyles ’, Tim Clayton, Corbis, you’ve, Mario, ” Lyles, “, imploring Mann, Christian Coleman, Coleman, Letsile, Thompson, Marcell Jacobs, Jacobs, Akani, he’s, Noah, Steve Magness, Simbine, — Mann, “ Ralph Mann, Andy Cheung
Organizations:
Getty, Olympic, Olympics, Stade de France, U.S, Paris Diamond League, Thompson's
Locations:
Paris, London, Clermont , Florida, Glasgow, Tokyo, Seville, Lyles, 6.41sec, 3.35sec