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Noah Lyles Poised for 100m Season Debut at London Diamond League as Simbine Arrives Unbeaten

Lyles will test his untried 100m form in front of 60,000 spectators with experts tipping the undefeated South African as the favorite.

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Noah Lyles

Overview

  • Fresh off a 19.88-second 200m win in Monaco, Lyles steps onto the London track for his first 100m of the season.
  • Akani Simbine enters the race unbeaten in six sub-10-second 100m outings this year.
  • Track analyst Aeron Brown predicts Simbine to claim victory and forecasts Lyles to finish third.
  • Lyles’s bye for the US Trials frees him from qualification pressure to focus on fine-tuning his sprint.
  • The London meet is the 11th of 15 Diamond League stops and offers a final preparation for athletes ahead of September’s World Championships in Tokyo.