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Topics: Noah Lyles, Athletics, Usain Bolt
Marcus Chan
Noah Lyles had an ice-cold response when asked whether he could break Usain Bolt's world record.
During the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Lyles stole the show as he won the 100m gold medal before clinching bronze in the 200m.
Earlier in the month, Lyles was one of the stars of the show as the 2025 World Athletics Championships took place in Tokyo, Japan.
The American won bronze in the 100m before clinching the gold medal in the 200m.
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At the age of 28, Lyles is currently heading into the peak of his powers and will for sure be gunning for Bolt's world records.
The legendary Jamaican is still the world record holder in both 100m and 200m, having set the stunning times during his prime years.
Many sprinters have since tried and failed to get close to Bolt's world records.
Speaking back in 2023, Lyles sounded more than confident that he has what it takes to break the Olympic legend Bolt's insane world record of 19.19 seconds that has now stood for more than 15 years.
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The American said: "I know that I'm going to break it. The second most-popular, favourite hobby of humans − after watching somebody achieve greatness − is watching them fail.
"People love to watch people fail. They just do. I don't know why. It's just if somebody says they want to do something great, someone's right there next to say they can't do it."
Lyles added: "I can give zero cares about what other people think. Because they don't know me, they don't know my story, they don't know what I do, they don't know how hard I work, how talented I am. But I know.
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"I'm going to motivate myself regardless. I'm going to win regardless. I didn't need a rival at worlds to run 19.3, because there was nobody close to me when that happened."
Lyles' closest attempt at breaking Bolt's long standing record, set at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, is 19.31 - a US record which he set in Eugene in 2022.