Olympic sprinting champion Noah Lyles knows who he wants to race next: Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill.
The 100-metre gold medallist at the Paris Games last summer celebrated his victory in the 60 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday by pulling the bib off his back and showing the message “Tyreek Could Never.”
Hill, who won two Georgia state track championships in high school and is considered one of the fastest men in the NFL, said on a podcast in August that he could beat Lyles in a race.
Lyles told NBC after the race he accepted the challenge.
“When you’re ready to actually put some words down and you’re actually ready to race, see me,” Lyles said. “I’m right here. I ain’t going nowhere. But all I know is, your football season’s over. You ain’t got no excuse now.”
Hill’s response: “Get a load of this guy.”
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Noah Lyles of the United States with the men’s 60-metre with a time of 6.52 at the World Athletics Continental Indoor Tour Gold stop in Boston.
Leduc misses qualifying for women’s 60m final
Sprinter Audrey Leduc and middle-distance runner Kieran Lumb represented Canada in Boston.
Leduc, from Gatineau, Que., was last of four athletes in her women’s 60 heat in 7.35 seconds, 10-100ths behind Zoe Hobbs of New Zealand, who earned the fifth and final spot in the final.
Jacious Sears of the United States won the event in 7.11.
Last Aug. 2, Leduc won her 100 heat in 10.95, 1-100th faster than her previous best, to set a Canadian record at the Paris Olympics.
The 25-year-old ran another national record of 22.36 in the 200 in Georgia last May, beating the Olympic standard of 22.57.
Lumb 8th in men’s 1,500
Lumb, who hails from Vancouver, was eighth of 11 finishers on Sunday. His time of three minutes 38.57 seconds was nearly two seconds off his 3:36.81 personal best.
It was a 1-2 American finish, with Josh Hoey clocking 3:33.66 to defeat Grant Fisher, who reached the finish line in 3:33.99. The Calgary-born Fisher grew up in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Elsewhere, Quebec City’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot paced the men’s 3,000 after competing in the 5,000 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston the previous day.
The 34-year-old ran a 13:10.71 PB in his season debut.
Last August, Philibert-Thiboutot saw his 1,500m journey at his second Olympics come to an end, running a season-best of 3:33.29 in the heats.
