He won the 200 m world championship in 2019 and the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics. Lyles' best times are 9.86 seconds for the 100 meters and 19.50 seconds for the long jump.
The timing was identical to what Michael Johnson ran in the 200 meters at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which would have thrilled any other athlete in the world.
He then chuckled with reporters and said, "I was telling it to give me some slack, you know. "How will it broadcast at 19.32 at the same time? Please alter that."
He knelt down in front of it, unsure of whether his efforts would be fruitful. One summer, after earning a disappointing bronze medal in the Olympics in Tokyo,
Everything came together in Oregon, where Lyles took control of a highly anticipated race with the help of a strong start.