Noah Lyles: The fastest man in the world?

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One of the highlights of the Olympics is the 100m final. U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles is the favorite for the men’s race.   He says he's in the form of his life and is ready to build on the bronze medal he won in the 200 metre at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.  #Olympics #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics #100m #100mfinal #Lyles #NoahLyles #worldsfastestman

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00:00Noah Lyles' big personality and abundant confidence have made him one of the most talked about

00:05athletes in the build-up to the Olympics.

00:07And last week he ensured his sprinting is doing the talking too, setting a personal

00:11best of 9.81 seconds at the London Diamond League.

00:16Lyles is aiming for gold in all four Olympic events he's competing in.

00:20That's led to claims that he's arrogant, but he told the Today Show he just believes in

00:24his ability.

00:26While the 27-year-old is serious about his ambitions, he likes to add fun to competing

00:30and has been showing up with Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

00:32The Japanese trading game reached peak popularity in the early 2000s and billions of the cards

00:38were sold.

00:39One of the white cards here that Noah has is the Blue Eyes White Dragon, which is one

00:42of the rarest cards out there.

00:45He's also quite the fashionista.

00:47He's been seen wearing pearls and nail polish both on and off the track, with fans taking

00:52to X to call him the King of the Red Carpet.

00:55And that's one of the reasons that Lyles was chosen to be the face of this commercial for

01:00NBC's Olympic coverage, joining forces with Emily Cooper from the popular Netflix series

01:05Emily in Paris as she picks out a uniform for him to wear at the Olympics.

01:10But beyond the sprinter showman, he's not afraid to show a vulnerable side.

01:14Lyles spoke out about his mental health struggles after getting bronze in Tokyo and revealed

01:18he'd been taking antidepressants.

01:20But he has also detailed his childhood struggle with severe asthma, something that he says

01:25made him even more determined to succeed.

01:28So what next for Lyles?

01:29Well, we know he wants Olympic gold, but he also wants Usain Bolt's crown as the fastest

01:34man of all time.

01:36And naturally, he's confident that he can get there.

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