20 year old Noah runs 100m World Lead of 9.88sec

Noah Lyles is doing things at age 20 that… well, things not even Usain Bolt did. There might never be a sprinter to match Bolt, but Lyles is trying to emulate him in performance and showmanship.

Lyles caught Ronnie Baker in the final strides Friday (22) to win the 100m in 9.88, fastest in the world this year, on day 2 of the US Championships at Des Moines, Iowa.

That makes Lyles the world leader in both the 100 and 200m, in which he ran 19.69 on 26 May at Eugene, Oregon. Moreover, his PBs are now faster than those of a 20-year-old Bolt, whose times were 10.03 and 19.75 in 2007.

Lyles, the 100m gold medalist at the IAAF World U20 World Championships Bydgoszcz 2016, is the youngest US athlete to be both sub-10 and sub-20. He became the youngest US champion in the 100m since Sam Graddy in 1984. Lyles acknowledged he did not think his first US championship would be in the 100m.