Noah Lyles took one step closer to his dream of achieving an individual Olympic sprint double in Paris after securing his spot in the 200 metres final at the Stade de France.
The American claimed 100 metres gold by five one thousandths of a second on Sunday night, and needed to finish in the top two from semi-final heat two to automatically book his place in Thursday night’s showdown.
Lyles crossed his fingers with a tongue-out grin as the camera cut toward him on the big screen.
Noah Lyles brings the personality and a fan club of his mom + Snoop Dogg! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/ygxWpNgkQx
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Like that 100m final, Lyles got out to the slowest start of the eight-man field, but made up for it when he crossed the line in 20.08 seconds for second spot behind Botswanan Letsile Tebogo in 19.96.