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World champion, Olympic champion. Noah Lyles talked an awful lot of talk in the build-up to Paris 2024, but he backed up the bluster with a late, late burst on the Stade de France track, surging past the field to pip them all on the line. There can be no argument now. “What’s the title of the Olympic champion?” Lyles said, referring to the ‘fastest man on the planet’ tag that goes with gold. “Amen.”
