"100m finals say a lot" - Tyson Gay on how Kishane Thompson can beat Noah Lyles

Three-time World Championships gold medalist Tyson Gay recently commented on the process through which Kishane Thomson can get the better of Noah Lyles in a race. This comes just a few months after Lyles' and Thompson's close showdown in the Men's 100m finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Speaking in a conversation with fellow athletes, Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, Gay analyzed the performance that Lyles and Thompson would have if both of them ran the anchor leg of a 4x100m relay for their respective teams.

Gay said during a recent episode of "The Powells" that Thompson needs to have a few meters in his pocket to beat Lyles in the last leg. Besides, he added that a clash between Lyles and Thompson in the relays would be a 'great' contest.

He stated (at 1:03:00):

"I believe Kishane (Kishane Thompson) has to have a few meters to hold Noah off in my opinion and I believe if he's in contact it's going to be tough. I think the 100m finals will say a lot but I also believe you know a lot of times when people run anchor leg, it's just like people have a different dog in them you know to attack. So you know it's going to be a good race."

Noah Lyles and Kishane Thomson had a superb battle at the Paris Olympics 2024 where the American sprinter beat Thompson by five-thousandths of a second.

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Tyson Gay opens up about his national-record breaking performance in Shanghai

Gay during the 4x100m finals on the 14th day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Image via: Getty Images)

Tyson Gay recently opened up about his thought process during the 100m race in 2009 in Shanghai where he clocked a run time of 9.69 seconds to register the 100m American record, which is still alive after 15 years. This performance enabled Gay to be the second-fastest 100m sprinter of all time just behind the legendary Usain Bolt who holds a run time of 9.58 seconds.

Speaking during "The Powells" show, the 42-year-old said he kept going in the race despite having a poor start to the proceedings. He said (at 37:46):

"I had a horrible start and I just decided to just run all out with what I had."

Tyson Gay's national-record-breaking performance came at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2009, just a few months after his 100m silver medal finish at the 2009 IAAF (now World Athletics) Championships.