Noah Lyles Delivers at 2025 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Noah Delivers!

Noah Lyles is the Olympic champion in the 100 meters. His race in Paris will be discussed for years. It was a race for the ages. At the very end of the race, he moved past Kishane Thompson to take the gold.

Those moves, the self-control and life experience of a champion athlete, were the difference between Noah Lyles’s winning the gold and Kishane Thompson’s losing the gold. In my mind, gold was fleeting for the young Jamaicans.

Kishane Thompson will probably have his day sometime, but 2024 Paris was not his day.

Forensically, I confirmed that Noah Lyles was already feeling out of sorts in the 100-meter final. Noah Lyles pulled it out, which shows his drive, desire to excel, and the MoJo of the champion athlete.

Noah Lyles loves to compete. He competes when he is fit and relies on Lance Brauman, his coach, for the workouts and training that make him fit and give him confidence. Lance Brauman smiling before a race happens infrequently, as there are always issues to manage and unfortunate circumstances.

On the day of the Paris final, I must have rewatched the 100-meter men’s final 20 different times. I wanted to let my brain realize what my eyes had seen: Noah Lyles moved into the lead with just meters to go, but his acceleration was key, and there was no way Mr. Thompson could respond.

In November, this writer sat down with Noah Lyles to chat on topics dear to Noah’s heart, as we do once a year. He explained the Paris 100 meters and 200 meters to me, his thoughts on the Grand Slam Track, and his thoughts on elevating the sport.

Noah Lyles sees the quandary he is in. Mr. Lyles makes an extraordinary living by putting together lightning-fast 100-meter and 200-meter races. He could rest on his laurel, but he does not.

Lyles has shaken things up, and he has many supporters, including his good friend and fellow gold medalist Rai Benjamin, who is also represented by Global Athletics & Marketing.

Noah Lyles desires to be the greatest 100-meter and 200-meter sprinter in history, the G.O.A.T. As many of you note, he is also a sports entertainer. For our sport to be a top-ten global sport, Noah Lyles has to attract young fans and make them…