American Noah Lyles has the prospect to grow to be the primary man since Usain Bolt to finish an Olympic dash double after qualifying for the 200m last at Paris 2024.
Lyles received 100m gold by five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a dramatic picture end on Sunday.
The 27-year-old, winner of three golds finally yr’s World Championships, completed second in his 200m semi-final in 20.08 seconds to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo.
World 100m silver and 200m bronze medallist Tebogo set the quickest time of the spherical at Stade de France on Wednesday night, clocking 19.96secs.
The Olympic males’s 200m last takes place on Thursday at 19:30 BST.
Kenneth Bednarek, of america, additionally set a quicker time than Lyles, in 20.00, whereas compatriot Erriyon Knighton, who upgraded to world 200m silver final yr, additionally safely progressed.
However Canada’s Andre de Grasse is not going to defend his title within the last after ending third in his race (20.41).
The Olympic 200m bronze winner three years in the past, Lyles claimed world 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold in Budapest final yr.
Following that achievement, when he turned the primary man since Bolt in 2015 to finish a 100m and 200m world double, he claimed he might look so as to add the 4x400m relay title to that treble haul in Paris.
Jamaican dash legend Bolt accomplished particular person dash doubles at three successive Olympic Video games amongst his eight titles, including relay gold in 2012 and 2016.
Solely 9 males have achieved that double within the historical past of the Video games.
Lyles turned the primary American to win an Olympic 100m title for 20 years, since Justin Gatlin in 2004, together with his slim triumph.
A 3-time reigning world 200m champion, he’ll line up as favorite as he appears to be like to additional assert himself because the dominant male sprinter of the present era.
