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Noah Lyles Returns to 200m Competition in Monaco Duel With Tebogo

This season-opening duel will test Lyles’s comeback versus Tebogo’s pace ahead of the Tokyo World Championships.

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US sprinter Noah Lyles
US' Noah Lyles congratulates Botswana's Letsile Tebogo after the men's Olympic 200m final in Paris last summer
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Overview

  • Lyles will race the 200m at the Monaco Diamond League on July 11 after recovering from an inflamed tendon that sidelined him since April.
  • He faces reigning Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, who leads the world this year with a 19.76-second run.
  • The American plans to continue his comeback with a 100m appearance at the London Diamond League on July 19.
  • Lyles wiped his Instagram feed and quoted a biblical verse in a symbolic reset ahead of his return.
  • Monaco will serve as a barometer for both athletes’ fitness and form on the road to September’s World Championships in Tokyo.