The 27-year-old won the 100-meter dash at the Olympics by .005 seconds, turning his bold claims into reality and moving one step closer to a historic double in Paris.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Late Sunday, 20 minutes before a track superstar turned into an icon, Keisha Caine Bishop walked the outer ring at Stade de France with her daughter. They were pretty much alone.
One-by-one, the men’s 100-meter finalists made their way onto the track. Here they were, in Paris, in an Olympic final, in their sport’s premier race. Kishane Thompson, a Jamaican among the favorites, leaned back in the entrance tunnel, before slowly raising both arms, tilting his head back and roaring like a lion. The camera strung above the purple track dropped and elevated, slinging left and right, before settling on the obvious suspect: Lyles.. Not sprinting, but not slowly.
Lyles screamed. He beat his chest with both hands. Energy seemed to rise from his body, like steam rising from a whistling kettle. He saluted, then appeared to repeat the same three words, over and over. It looked like he was saying:The crowd began to clap. The introductions dragged on for minutes that unspooled like hours. The competitors—the world’s fastest men—stepped in place, swayed, danced, waiting for the signal.
His winning time, 9.79 seconds, matched Ben Johnson’s steroid-aided world record in 1988, the one that didn’t stand. Lyles began to alternately gallop and jog and walk around the track. He pumped his fists. He unleashed screams. He held his race bib, the one that read LYLES in black letters, and jumped a barrier to celebrate with Keisha and other relatives.—where he won bronze in the 200 meters—and Paris, was a fuller embrace of just how different he was.
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