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World Athletics C'ships: 'Kept believing I was the fastest man,' says Lyles

Lyles, who already has two world 200m titles and will go for a third in Budapest, clocked 9.83sec—equalling the fastest 100m time of the season—for victory on Sunday

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Noah Lyles after his win at Budapest on Sunday. Pic/AFP

Noah Lyles after his win at Budapest on Sunday. Pic/AFP

Noah Lyles says he hopes his victory in the 100m at the World Athletics Championships will be the “start of a dynasty” as he bids to become the first man to achieve a world sprint double since Usain Bolt in 2015.

Lyles, who already has two world 200m titles and will go for a third in Budapest, clocked 9.83sec—equalling the fastest 100m time of the season—for victory on Sunday. In a perfectly-timed piece of sprinting, the 26-year-old kept his nerve after a quick start by teammate Christian Coleman to outstrip a field deprived of defending champion Fred Kerley and Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs after both failed to make the final. “The goal was to make sure I was the first to 60 metres, then do Noah Lyles things, use my topping speed,” Lyles said of his race strategy.

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