“This summer I'm going to win three gold medals” - Noah Lyles hints at putting quadruple plans down a peg at Paris Olympics 2024

Noah Lyles has spoken about his aspirations of winning four gold medals at the Paris Olympics 2024 since the start of the year. However, the world champion recently stated that he is aiming to win ‘three gold medals’ with uncertainty over his participation in the 4x400m relay.

Lyles won three gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay at the 2023 World Championships, becoming the first sprinter to do so since Usain Bolt in 2015. However, he wanted to achieve something no sprinter had ever done, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games.

“What I want and expect are two different things. I expect to get multiple gold medals but what I want is four," he told The Times.

However, Lyles needed to compete in the 4x400m relay as his fourth event, but his lack of race practice over the distance will likely keep him out of contention for the team. The 27-year-old has also been involved in multiple controversies over the relay event and seems to have dropped the fourth medal from his plans.

Speaking with Adidas ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, Noah Lyles claimed that he was going to win three gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay, a repeat of what he did at the 2023 World Championships.

"This summer I'm going to win three gold medals in the 100m, 200m & 4x100 meters. Of course, it won’t be easy but that’s half the fun," he said.

The world champion added that he doesn't feel pressure heading into the Games.

"I love the biggest moments, they feel like a stage to show the world all the work and passion I have put into myself and my craft. So, it doesn’t matter if the moment is big, it’s just another chance to shine. Because the moment isn’t bigger than me, it was made for me!" Lyles added.

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"In Tokyo, I felt like I had blown a huge opportunity" - Noah Lyles on falling short during the 2020 Olympic Games

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Noah Lyles qualifies for Paris (Photo-Getty)

Noah Lyles was the fastest sprinter going into the 200m finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a personal best of 19.50. The winning time for the gold medal was even slower than that but Lyles failed to deliver at the Games. He finished 3rd for bronze in a time of 19.74s while Andre de Grasse won the gold in 19.62s.

"In Tokyo, I felt like I had blown a huge opportunity,” he told NBC News at the Olympic Trials. “The more I look back at it, the more I’m like, ‘Wow, if I never had that moment happen, I never would have produced what I have done up until now.’ I don’t think there would be the drive in me as much as it has the last couple years.”

Lyles later claimed that he was battling depression around the same time. Following the 2020 Olympic Games, he has not lost a 200m race till now in 25 appearances. He is an overwhelming favorite to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but as always, it will be about delivering in the moment when it matters.