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‘I want my own trainer’: Noah Lyles makes big plans after 100m gold

Noah Lyles is the centre of attention after his gold medal success
Noah Lyles is the centre of attention after his gold medal success. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Noah Lyles has called for his own personalised trainer after winning the most dramatic Olympic 100m final in history – noting that not even the US track and field legend Michael Johnson had one made for him.

The American has long insisted that he wanted to be a global influencer by winning three gold medals in Paris, but after his victory over the Jamaican Kishane Thompson he upped his ambitions even further.

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