Since his retirement in 2017, athletics has routinely asked 'where is the new Usain Bolt?' but newly-minted world 100 metres champion Noah Lyles is doing his best on and off the track to bring his sport firmly into the public limelight.
Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 100m Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 20, 2023 Noah Lyles of the U.S. celebrates winning the men's 100m final REUTERS/Alina SmutkoBUDAPEST, Aug 20 - Since his retirement in 2017, athletics has routinely asked "where is the new Usain Bolt?" but newly-minted world 100 metres champion Noah Lyles is doing his best on and off the track to bring his sport firmly into the public limelight.
"I believe track and field needs to market itself better, it needs to be fun," Lyles said after his victory, the fourth in a row in the event for the U.S. Lyles expects to claim a third successive 200m title, and the U.S. will start as hot favourites in the 4x100 relay.
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