Noah Lyles Eyeing Usain Bolt’s 200m Record at 2023 World Athletics Championships

• Noah Lyles wants to break Usain Bolt's 200m record in the upcoming World Athletics Championships
• Lyles is the third fastest man in the 200m behind Bolt and Yohan Blake
• The American is a two-time world 200m champion

Two-time world 200m champion, Noah Lyles is aiming to break Usain Bolt's long-standing 200m record at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Lyles is the favourite to win gold in the 200m, a race he has dominated in the last few years. The American came close in last year's World Athletics Championships in Eugene and is looking to take another crack at it.

At Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, the 26-year-old was outstanding. He clocked 19:31, the third-fastest time in history. He broke the national record (19:32), which was previously held by Michael Johnson.

That performance put him third on the all-time list behind Bolt’s world record of 19:19 and Yohan Blake’s 19:26. After winning gold in 200m in Doha, Qatar, in 2019, he joins Johnson and Calvin Smith with two 200m world titles, per World Athletics.

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It was a phenomenal comeback from Lyles, who finished third in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Lyles's goals for Budapest

The American has a couple of goals as we edge closer to the event, and one of them is beating Bolt's record.

“There is what I will accept, and then there’s what my greatest expectation is,” he said. “What I will accept is grabbing a medal in the 100m, whatever color, and winning the 200m. My greatest aspiration is that I will grab three golds, gain a world record in the 200m,” he said, via NBC Sports.

He comfortably won the 200m race at the London Diamond League. He came home first in 19:47, beating Botswana's sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo and Zharnel Hughes.

Lyles breaks Bolt's record

Sports Brief reported that Noah Lyles registered another brilliant performance to win the London Diamond League on July 23. The American sprinter set a new World Lead in the 200m in a time of 19.47 seconds.

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He broke his own record of 19.67 seconds that he set at the Kingston Grand Prix in May and is looking in fine shape to complete a double at the World Athletics Championships next month.

In London, he held off World U-20 Champion Letsile Tebogo - who crossed the line at 19.50 seconds to set a new African record - as Zharnel Hughes set a new national record to complete the podium places in 19.73 seconds.