‘Rain won’t stop me’ – Lyles talks tough ahead of Diamond League finals
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US sprint king, Noah Lyles, says he won’t be fazed by the threat of heavy rain as he prepares to clash with Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo in the 200m showdown at the Diamond League finals in Zurich on Thursday.
US sprint king, Noah Lyles, says he won’t be fazed by the threat of heavy rain as he prepares to clash with Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo in the 200m showdown at the Diamond League finals in Zurich on Thursday.
The 28-year-old Olympic 100m champion brushed aside concerns over the forecast, insisting: “Rain is neither a disadvantage nor an advantage. If you keep your mind straight, you’ll be fine.”
Lyles, who recently finished second behind Jamaica’s Oblique Seville in a rain-soaked 100m in Lausanne, admitted his poor start cost him that race — not the weather.
“You can still run fast in the rain,” he declared, pointing to Seville’s 9.87s finish in torrential downpour.
With the Zurich showdown just two weeks before the World Cha
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