Overview

• Noah Lyles clocked 19.88 seconds to beat Letsile Tebogo’s 19.97 in the men’s 200m at the Monaco Diamond League on July 11.
• It was Lyles’s first 200m race since the Paris Olympics and extended his Diamond League winning streak in the event to 12 consecutive races.
• Tebogo said an early call-room summons disrupted his warm-up but insisted it was not an excuse for his runner-up finish.
• Pre-race forecasts by Ato Boldon and Justin Gatlin had given Tebogo a slight edge based on his world-leading form, but Lyles’s strong closing speed proved decisive.
• Both athletes now turn their focus to fine-tuning fitness and tactics ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this September.