Evidently, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill wasn’t too impressed with Noah Lyles’ gold-medal winning showing at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
While he posted his congratulations to Lyles after the track star won in the 100 meters, Hill didn’t think much of the runner’s third place finish in the 200 meters which was followed by the reveal of a COVID diagnosis.
Hill was asked Monday about Lyles’ controversial statement that NBA Finals winners shouldn’t call themselves “world champions.”
“Noah Lyles can’t say nothing after what happened to him,” Hill told Kay Adams of Up & Adams. “Then he wants to come out and pretend like he’s sick. I feel like that’s like horseradish. For him to do that and say that we’re not world champions of our sport — come on, bruh, just speak on what you know about and that’s track.”
Then Hill upped the ante.
“I would beat Noah Lyles [in a race],” Hill told Adams. “I would beat Noah Lyles. I wouldn’t beat him by a lot, but I’d beat Noah Lyles. And guess what, when I beat him, I’ll put on a COVID mask and let him know I mean business.”
Does Hill really believe he’d beat Lyles — the newly anointed “fastest man on the planet” — in a race? Probably not. Stirring the pot is Hill’s specialty and his best ever time in the 100 meters wouldn’t be enough to earn a spot in the Olympic final, let alone keep up with Lyles’ gold-medal winning 9.79-second run.
That didn’t stop Hill from fueling the fire Monday afternoon, though.
2028 calling my shot pic.twitter.com/46o8t2ofyk
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) August 12, 2024
Don’t count on a Lyles vs. Hill race actually happening anytime soon?
