SAINT-DENIS, France — Anyone hoping for some humility from Noah Lyles will appreciate the story he told Monday after easily winning his heat in the first round of the men’s 200 meters.
Hours after he had the world abuzz from his dramatic win in the men’s 100 meters, Lyles was making another run for his girlfriend. Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield left her spikes at their massage therapists’ Airbnb, which Lyles said is next to the Olympic village.
He was on his way from the massage therapist back to the village when she asked him to pick up her bag with the spikes. Of course, he did.
His reward for the greatest moment of his professional life was carrying his bag, her bag “and some toiletries” to the Olympic village, walking gingerly to preserve his spent legs.
At 2 a.m.
“Here I am,” Lyles said with a smile, feigning exasperation. “Olympic champion in the 100 meters, waddling to my girlfriend’s room with all this stuff. I’m a good boyfriend.”
GO DEEPER
Noah Lyles’ mouth wrote the check. On the Olympics stage, his feet cashed it
To be fair, she was scheduled to run in the first round of the women’s 400 meters at about noon Monday. Lyles wasn’t scheduled to run until 9 p.m.
She finished third in her heat and qualified for the semifinals. Lyles was…
