{"id":58130,"date":"2024-08-06T18:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=58130"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:07:51","slug":"noah-lyles-runs-personal-best-to-win-100m-final-to-secure-first-gold-medal-and-title-of-worlds-fastest-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/athletics\/noah-lyles-runs-personal-best-to-win-100m-final-to-secure-first-gold-medal-and-title-of-worlds-fastest-man\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAH LYLES RUNS PERSONAL BEST TO WIN 100M FINAL TO SECURE FIRST GOLD MEDAL AND TITLE OF WORLD\u2019S FASTEST MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, adidas athlete Noah Lyles cemented his name amongst sprinting\u2019s greats, winning gold in the men\u2019s 100m in Paris and taking the title of the world\u2019s fastest man. The Florida native crossed the finish line in a personal best of 9.79 seconds, to claim one of the most iconic titles in\u202ftrack\u202fand\u202ffield.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Speaking after his medal winning effort, Noah Lyles said: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe last three years have all been leading up to today. After Tokyo, I knew the journey heading into Paris was going to be tough. The pressure was always going to be bigger than in 2021. But I put in the work and trained harder than I ever had before. Being able to call myself the world\u2019s fastest man, it\u2019s a special feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Alberto Uncini Manganelli, General Manager Running &amp; Credibility Sports at adidas, said: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith today\u2019s win, and everything he has achieved in his career so far, Noah has cemented his greatness and place as one of the leading athletes in the world. We\u2019re proud to have been able to support him on every step of his journey since our partnership began in 2016.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-custom-wrapper\"><\/div><!--ap-custom-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, adidas athlete Noah Lyles cemented his name amongst sprinting\u2019s greats, winning gold in the men\u2019s 100m in Paris and taking the title of the world\u2019s fastest man. The Florida native crossed the finish line in a personal best of 9.79 seconds, to claim one of the most iconic titles in\u202ftrack\u202fand\u202ffield.\u00a0 Speaking after his medal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3435],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}