"You have to be absolutely delusional," "Two different things" - Noah Lyles gets support of fans after Tyreek Hill claims to defeat him

The NFL's Miami Dolphins' wide receiver Tyreek Hill has claimed that he would defeat World and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles on the track. This claim didn't sit right with the track fans, who backed Lyles with statistical proof compared to Hill.

The 100m gold and 200m bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Lyles is not new to controversies involving other sports. After his 2023 World Championships success, he infuriated NBA players by showing displeasure over the "World Champions" honor given at the NBA finals. He'd said in a post-race press conference:

"World champion of what? The United States?"

Cut to 2024, Hill, a former track athlete and current American football wide receiver, called out Lyles for his "World Champions" comment and claimed that he could beat him in a sprint. He said (via NBA Central):

"I will beat Noah Lyles. I won't beat him by a lot, but I will beat Noah."

In response, fans on social media including X extended support to Lyles and called Hill out for confusing track speed with football speed:

"Tyreek Hill claims he can beat Noah Lyles in a race. Football speed and track speed are two different things. Hill’s best (legal) 100m is 10.19 (with a 1.7 tail wind)," one said.

"The thing is, Noah Lyles is track fast and Tyreek Hill beats women and children," another said.

"You have to be absolutely delusional to think Tyreek Hill is faster than Noah Lyles. Regardless of how you feel about this stupid NBA-Lyles beef, there’s zero chance any NBA/NFL player runs even close to 9.79 on the 100m," a third fan said.

"I think the funniest thing about this is the people in the comments thinking tyreek hill can beat an Olympic champion," yet another said.

"Tyreek Hill would come in last in the Olympics in any track event," a fan said.

"He's never run faster than sub-10 in a 100M race. Noah does that in his sleep," another said.

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Noah Lyles calls out partner brand Adidas for gifting an Olympic gold-themed shoe to Anthony Edwards

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Anthony Edwards of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves recently graced the cover of an Adidas ad and also received a signature shoe, the AE 1, in honor of his Olympic success. When the shoe's launch event was announced, Noah Lyles was already negotiating with Adidas for a contract extension.

In a recent interview with Time, Lyles expressed disappointment over his partner brand's decision to choose Edwards for a signature shoe and not him.

"No disrespect, the man is an amazing athlete. He is having a heck of a year. I love that they saw the insight to give him a shoe, because they saw that he was going to be big. All I’m asking is, 'How could you not see that for me?'" Lyles said.

Notably, despite his selection, Lyles could not compete in the recent 4x100m relay finals at the Paris Olympics due to being stricken with COVID-19.