World and Olympic champion Noah Lyles is set to light up the track once again when he races the men’s 100m at the London Athletics Meet on July 19 – part of the Wanda Diamond League.
The American sprint star returns to the British capital with fond memories. In 2023, he stormed to a season’s best of 19.47 in the 200m, winning an electrifying battle against Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo. That performance helped set the tone for a golden campaign at the World Championships in Budapest. He swept the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m titles.
A year later, Lyles triumphed in London again, this time in the 100m. He clocked a personal best of 9.81. He went on to lower that mark to 9.79 to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Key Stop on the Road to Tokyo
Now 27, Lyles is charting his path toward the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, and London is a key stop on that journey.
“My road to defending my world titles in Tokyo in September goes through London,” Lyles told World Athletics. “I’ve had great experiences there the last two years, running some of my fastest times, and I look forward to another in July.”
The 2025 season began for Lyles on January 26 at the RADD Invitational in Gainesville, where he clocked 6.62 to win the 60m. More recently, he stepped up to the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial, also in Gainesville. Though he finished outside the podium, he posted a personal best of 45.87 in what was his first outdoor appearance of the year.
With four individual world titles already under his belt, including his 200m PB of 19.31 from the 2022 World Championships the third-fastest time in history , Lyles remains the man to beat in global sprinting.
As he gears up for another shot at world glory in Tokyo, all eyes will be on London this July to see if America’s electrifying speed king can deliver once again.