Noah Lyles laid down a hefty marker for next month’s World Athletics Championships by winning a thrilling 200m rematch against Letsile Tebogo of Botswana in the Diamond League final in Zurich.
Tebogo sprung a major surprise at last year’s Olympics by beating Lyles, who it later turned out had Covid. It looked as if a repeat was on the cards as Tebogo led from the gun but in the final strides the American finally got his vest in front to take victory – and the $30,000 (£22,000) prize – in 19.74sec, with Tebogo 0.02 back in second.
