American sprinter Noah Lyles has taken his game to the next level in 2023.
Friday’s 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest provided the most compelling evidence of this yet, as Lyles ran a 19.52 to sweep the 100-meter and 200-meter races.
It marked the fifth world championship gold medal for Lyles, 26. Aside from his medals this year, he won the 200-meter race in Eugene in 2022 and the 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay in Doha in 2019.