Less than an hour or so after winning the 200m title in 19.52 seconds in Budapest, the American athlete Noah Lyles talked about wanting to transcend the sport. The 26-year-old had just become the fifth man in the 40-year history of the world athletics championships to claim both the 100 and 200m at the same meeting.
His name would be in the record books along with compatriots Maurice Greene, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay as well as the Jamaican Usain Bolt.
