PARIS: Noah Lyles will look to banish his Tokyo demons when he takes to the Olympic track in Paris in his continuing bid to fill the void left by Usain Bolt.
Lyles took a major step toward that dream by winning treble gold (100, 200 and 4x100m relay) at last year’s world championships in Budapest.
It led to World Athletics president Sebastian Coe dubbing Lyles, whose contract renewal with Adidas this season was described as the biggest since Bolt’s with Puma, an “absolute rock star.”