Noah Lyles Set to Return to Arena Where Christian Coleman Left Him in Dust Last Year

The Paris 2024  Olympics is drawing nearer at an accelerated rate, and fans are keenly anticipating the momentous athletic event. American sprinting superstar Noah Lyles, who has several accolades to his name, is also gearing himself to clinch the gold at the Paris Olympics 2024. On the road to Prais, he is all set to compete at the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix.

Last year, on the same track, the current world champion in both the 100m and 200m events, Noah Lyles, had to face defeat in the 100m showdown. It came in the hands of his fierce rival and US track and field star Christian Coleman. However, after a year, Noah Lyles is fully prepared to make his return to the same arena with an optimistic mindset.

Noah Lyles is all set for the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix

Noah Lyles will take part in the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix, which will take place at Flora Duffy Stadium on April 28, 3-7 PM. Director of Sports Development at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, Hazel Clark Mac, took to her official Instagram handle to share an update regarding the upcoming event that will feature talent like Noah Lyles. In her Instagram story, she reshared Noah’s story, mentioning the details of the event. In her first story, she urged the audience to join the showdown in Devonshire Parish. She captioned the post as “Book your ticket to see the World’s best in action, bdatix. Bm at USATF Bermuda Grand Prix.”

In the other story, she mentioned, “Get set, to watch the world’s best male sprinter bdatix. bm.” Both Noah and Coleman will look to take this event as a springboard to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In last year’s iteration of it, Christian Coleman defeated Noah Lyles in the 100-meter dash. Coleman triumphed over Lyles, clocking in at 9.78 while Lyles finished at 9.80. After edging Lyles in the event, Coleman remarked,  “It’s cliche, [but I] just stay in my lane, I wanted to] just execute everything that we have been working on. I knew I would be hard to beat if I do that.” Despite fierce rivalry, friendship soars between Noah Lyles and Coleman.

Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman: respect amid rivalry

At the USATF Indoors 2024, Lyles and Coleman lined up next to each other for the 60m dash. Lyles took home gold with a time of 6.43s, he however fell short of Coleman’s world record of 6.34s. After this, in the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Coleman avenged his loss. Notably, the last time Coleman and Noah faced off in 100m was at the Eugene Diamond League. There, Noah had to face defeat to Coleman. Noah will surely have set his eyes on redemption in the upcoming event. However, despite the rivalry, Noah has always been respectful to Coleman.

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After Edging Christian Coleman out at the USATF indoors, Noah Lyles was understandably elated. But in a high regard to Christian Coleman, he said, “I’m beyond excited, I mean it’s one of the thing to run fast. But it’s another thing to run fast with the greatest in the world”. In fact, he had also stated that the rivalry with Coleman makes him better as a sprinter. It remains to be seen how the tussle between the two pan out in the upcoming event.

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