US sprinter Noah Lyles sets world best 150m time at Golden Spike meet

Lyles clocks 14.67 seconds, edges Dambile of South Africa for golden portion Australian teen Gout Gout finishes third.

United States sprinter Noah Lyles has acceptable the world’s best-ever clip implicit the rarely-run 150 metres race, clocking 14.67 seconds astatine the Golden Spike conscionable successful the eastbound Czech metropolis of Ostrava.

The 28-year-old Lyles connected Tuesday bushed the erstwhile champion of 14.72 acceptable by Kishane Thompson of Jamaica successful Florida successful April.

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At Ostrava, Lyles bushed Sinesipho Dambile of South Africa with 14.78, portion Australian teen Gout Gout finished 3rd successful 14.96.

“Was determination ever immoderate doubt? Was determination ever immoderate doubt? We came for a show,” an elated Lyles told Czech TV.

Earlier this month, Lyles took a comfy triumph astatine the Wanda Diamond League conscionable successful Rome with a 9.88 successful the 100m, his fastest since clinching golden astatine the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The high-energy, anime-loving showman has had beardown indoor and outdoor performances passim the twelvemonth truthful far, and was named connected this year’s Time100 database of the astir influential people.

Dutch prima Femke Broeders-Bol had to bow to in-form Swiss Audrey Werro successful her outdoor debut successful the 800m.

The 26-year-old Broeders-Bol has switched from 400m hurdles, successful which she had won 2 satellite golden medals, and clocked an awesome 1 infinitesimal 57.13 seconds for 2nd place.

“It was truthful cool, I emotion racing successful Ostrava. It was tough, but I enjoyed it,” she said.

Broeders-Bol has besides claimed aggregate medals arsenic the anchor limb successful 4x400m relay teams, notably a golden successful the mixed lawsuit successful the Paris Olympics.

She ran her archetypal 800m since 2017 successful February, clocking a nationalist grounds of 1 infinitesimal 59.07 seconds earlier withdrawing from the remainder of the indoor play to caregiver a ft injury.

The 22-year-old Werro won successful 1 infinitesimal 54.45 seconds, fractional a 2nd down her idiosyncratic champion from March, aft shedding Broeders-Bol with 200 metres to run.

“It was a truly brainsick run, but the clip is precise good, truthful I’m truly happy,” Werro said.

Having acceptable the eighth champion clip ever, she stayed implicit a 2nd down the oldest satellite grounds successful athletics of 1:53.28 acceptable successful 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova of then-Czechoslovakia, who watched the contention from the stands.

South Africa’s 20-year-old Bayanda Walaza won the men’s 100m arsenic helium equalled his idiosyncratic champion of 9.94 seconds, beating Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon with 9.99 seconds.

US favourites Ronnie Baker and Jordan Anthony were demoted to the 4th and 5th spots, respectively, with times good implicit 10 seconds.