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Noah Lyles’ mother Keisha Caine Bishop often gets a mention among the major catalysts behind the sprinter’s success. She takes unparalleled joy after watching her son transform from a feverish outlook to a global champion who can take anyone on the track on his day. Now in that fable of pride, another episode adds that Keisha has witnessed Noah Lyles’s large billboard on New York City Square, promoting the docu-series, Sprint. 

The jubilant mother has shared her “speechless” moment on X, sharing the gigantic-sized billboard displayed in the heart of the city. The mother’s expression was not missed by World Athletics’ alert eyes. In its IG handle, WA has shared the entire scene where Keisha was taking a careful watch on the advertisement, standing on the other side street. “Proud mother” remains an excellent caption, as always.  

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Surprisingly, the Sprint series, presented by Box To Box Films, is going to be the second such of a kind that will frame Noah’s personal life so closely. In the past, NBC brought a standout docu-series, Untitled: The Noah Lyles Project where the 26-year-old sprinter went to length to describe his mother’s part in his holistic development. In a simultaneous interview, the global champion gave some more introspect into the relationship he holds with his mother, Keisha Caine Bishop. 

Referring to Keisha’s contribution, Noah Lyles termed her as his ‘momager’ (mom+manager). Without cutting the tone, he continued, saying, “My mom, her portion of that was showing us how to basically create your path, how to create your team, how to create your dream. Because as a 12-year-old boy, saying that you’re going to go to the Olympics, there’s so much that goes into it.” Digging deeper, Noah Lyles has been seeing her mom as the sole parent since his 12 years of age, after Keisha’s separation from her husband. 

Since then, Noah and his brother Josephus found their guardian angel, Keisha, at every turn of their life. Eventually, Keisha herself initiated steady research to see her sons on the Olympic podium before the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, Noah cut later in the Tokyo Olympics and claimed his bronze medal. 

But in 2016, Noah Lyles put a smile on his mom’s face by winning the 2016 World U20 Championship, paving the way to establish himself on the throne in front of his mother. Later, several moments came that filled Keisha Caine Bishop with joy over her son’s achievement. 

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Noah Lyles reigns in the track world in front of his mother’s eyes 

As per the released schedule, the docu-series Sprint will thoroughly focus on the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships that forged Noah Lyles to take a head-on clash with Usain Bolt’s track and field records. The American sprinter achieved three gold medals there, including two gold medals from the individual men’s events of 100m and 200m. However, Keisha has her special way of calling these events with distinct names. Eventually, she couldn’t miss witnessing Noah Lyles crafting glory in the Hungarian capital. So, she appeared there physically. 

While the track and field world couldn’t believe what it was seeing, Noah Lyles equaled Usain Bolt’s record of winning double golds in the individual events on the world championships’ stage. But the proud son dedicated his victory to his mom, waiting in the stands by hugging her, obliterating the entire world. 

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Later, Noah narrated the whole incident. To everyone’s surprise, Keisha calls the 100m event as Noah’s ‘side chick’, and the 200m event happens to be his ‘wife’. Therefore, after receiving the top podium finish in his ‘side chick’ event, the 6x world champion could say, “I wanted to show her, and she was just so excited”. 

In her ordeal, Keisha could point out, “The fact that we get to follow him [Noah] and do this as a family is the absolute best part of it.” With time, this bond has grown. Once again, the example has made it to the public.