“I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become. Why not you”: These lines have been shaking the world for the last 48 hours. After taking the men’s 100m Olympic title, Noah Lyles penned those, expressing his fight over the complexities of these years. The world saluted him after getting a piece of that, and now the POTUS has entered the list of his fans. 

As per the update, today Joe Biden called Noah Lyles to congratulate him for his extraordinary form and for grabbing the title of the fastest man in the world. Meanwhile, he also called Katie Ledecky to congratulate her on her achievement of being the most decorated female Olympian in the USA. Notably, Noah is all set to compete in his favorite 200m event tomorrow at the Paris Olympics. So the call from the POTUS at such a juncture is surely going to encourage him to add another piece of hardware to his cabinet. Yet, hardly anybody could go away without speaking highly of the spectacular show Noah Lyles put on in the 100m final at the Paris Olympics. 

He was nowhere close to the stunner, Kishane Thompson, in the race. But just his end speed after reaching 99m set him apart from the pack. He claimed the race by five-thousandths of a second. More importantly, his presence of mind earned the match for him. But where did he show that everlasting weapon? 

Noah Lyles trailing behind Kishane Thompson in the 100m final is no mystery now. Even the Jamaican sprinter put his leg forward to cross the finishing line before Noah did. But the timely deceleration from the latter helped him lean his torso to the finishing line, while Kishane had yet to do that. According to the rules, the time at which the torso crosses the end line is recorded as the final time. So Noah won the bet. All these he carried out in a fraction of a second. The track pundits have already started to call on him for this brilliance. But his jugglery on the Olympic track is still on the cards, as he has to compete in the 200m event final now. 

Noah Lyles sees the easy way to counter the ‘wife’ event 

Noah’s mom, Keisha Caine Bishop, lovingly calls the 100m event her son’s ‘side chick’. However, his unflinching authority in the 200m event made the event Noah’s ‘wife’. So it is time for him to make his achievement count. The six-time world champion has his plan ready, however. 

In the post-match press conference after the 100m event, the 27-year-old sprinter praised everything. Even his 200m event opponent, Kenny Bednarek, earned rare positive words from the sprinter. But the glass walls stood to be too fragile, as Fred Kerley made Noah go offensive in the meantime, with just one simple poke. 

No, not on Kerley, but on the opponents in the 200m who will face the challenge from the two-time Olympic medalist tomorrow. He simply added, “None of them is winning. When I come off the turn, they will be depressed.” Furthermore, none of the rivals in the 200m event have yet to reply to Noah’s comment. That means the final round of it is going to be riveting, as everyone’s planning to post their submission through performances only.