100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles is gearing up for his first track meet of the season after a notable year in 2024. The 27-year-old will be featured in next month's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, starting on February 2.
Owing to this, Lyles has already started his preparations as he looks to overcome the 60m challenge in the event. He was recently spotted on the track doing his routine practice races before the meet.
The Florida native recently shared a video of his weightlifting session as he approaches his first race after the 2024 Paris Olympics in four weeks. In the video, Lyles can be seen in a blue t-shirt and green pants complementing it with orange shoes. He remarked in the caption:
"T -4 weeks till my first Race! @NBIndoorGP"
Here is the video:
Noah Lyles has a personal best run time of 6.43 seconds over the 60m distance. He clocked this time last year in the final of the US Indoor Championships and also won the event. Notably, his run time is also the tenth fastest in the all-time list and is tied with US athlete Tim Harden.
Noah Lyles opens up about competing at the delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
Noah Lyles recently opened up about his thought process while competing at the delayed 2020 Olympics. He clinched a third-place finish in the 200m race after clocking a run time of 19.74 seconds.
In a recent episode of the Beyond the Records podcast, Lyles said he was not 100 percent during the event and was also not able to clock the run times he thought of. Additionally, the 27-year-old also spoke about the weird schedule of the Tokyo Olympics and expressed his gratitude for clinching a third place in the 200m final. He said (8:52 onwards):
"I make trials, we go to the Olympics, I am feeling better but still not 100 percent. I am still not seeing the times that I know I can run and they have this weird schedule where they have us run two 200s in one day, one in the afternoon and one at midnight."
He further added:
"At finals, I was like I am just gonna give it everything I had even though I was tired and I still don't have that spark... Thankfully I was still able to get the bronze medal but through the race I never felt like I had consciously understood what was going on."
Noah Lyles couldn't qualify for the 100m event of the Tokyo Olympics after finishing seventh in the US trials.