When Noah Lyles took on the NBA with his ‘world-champion-of-what?’ jibe, his argument was that no sport came close to matching the global reach of track and field. Seldom can anyone have been vindicated in less welcome style.
Here in the Stade de France, Lyles was hoist by his own petard, his bid for a 100m-200m double kiboshed by Letsile Tebogo, who ran a blistering 19.46seconds in the latter sprint to win Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold medal.
