Noah Lyles redeems himself with 2024 Paris Olympics berth

Lyes, who won bronze at the 200m event in Tokyo, is motivated to bring home gold this time around.

"If I didn't get that third place in Tokyo, I wouldn't have had that desire," Lyles said. "I wouldn't have had that fire burning. I wouldn't have accomplished what I have accomplished in the past. Now we constantly look to the future with open eyes because anything can happen."

Sunday's result was the culmination of a yearlong journey for Lyles, who was previously pigeonholed as a 200m specialist. Lyles took a drastic step to change that reputation last year when he won the 100m event at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, along with the 200m and 4x100 relay events. 

Lyles' convincing win (by 0.4 seconds) over Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Fred Kerley (9.88) also equaled his personal best of 9.83 seconds which he set at Budapest last year. If he can pull off the hat trick in Paris, he will be in elite company with Jamaican legend Usain Bolt, who went three for three all three times he raced at the Olympics. 

It's no secret that the Olympics recognizes the winner of the 100m competition as the "world's fastest man," a title Lyles was previously denied due to his inability to dominate the event. This summer in Paris, he will get the opportunity to finally stake claim to the title. Bolt still holds the all-time mark (9.58 seconds) in the 100m, a record he set at the 2009 World Championships.