Noah Lyles denied world indoor sprint title in Glasgow

Noah Lyles’s bid to win the indoor/outdoor sprint triple came up short on Friday evening in Glasgow as he finished three-hundredths of a second behind his Team USA rival Christian Coleman in the men’s 60m final at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.

Coleman ran a world-leading time of 6.41 seconds to win the gold. Lyles finished second with a time of 6.44 seconds. Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake came third, running 6.46.

This is Coleman’s second career world indoor 60m title, and also redemption after losing to Lyles at last month’s U.S. Indoor Championships. Coleman got out to an explosive start and never looked back, holding off a charging Lyles in the final 10 metres.

Lyles was vying to become the first sprinter to accomplish the “triple” of world titles: winning the 60m (indoors), plus the 100m and 200m (outdoors). The last athlete to do so was Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won gold in all three events from 2013 to 2014.

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Despite losing to Coleman, Lyles was proud of his 60m world indoor silver medal. “I ran a PR and improved my 60m time; I am OK with this 6.44,” Lyles told Canadian Running. “This is the second-fastest time I’ve ever run, and people were saying I wasn’t a 60m guy–look at me now.”

Lyles is confident his success over the 60m this season will translate outdoors. “I have improved the worst part of my race substantially,” says Lyles. “I am not afraid; I am extremely excited now.”

Coleman and Lyles will likely be the favourites to win the men’s 100m title in Paris, but Lyles wants more. “I want to win everything and break world records while doing it,” says Lyles. “That’s the goal.”

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