American sprinter Noah Lyles ran the 200m in under 20 seconds for the 34th time in his career on Saturday, tying Usain Bolt for the most sub-20 second 200m races in history.
Lyles paced the field at the New York City Grand Prix on Saturday, running the 200m in 19.83 seconds. The 25-year-old beat the field by 42 hundredths of a second.
Lyles broke the American record in the 200m last year, running the race in 19.31 seconds. With that American record, Lyles became the third-fastest 200m sprinter in history behind Usain Bolt’s 19.19 seconds and Yohan Blake’s 19.26 seconds.