American sprinting star Noah Lyles made a mark of his own by surpassing one of the greatest runners in history.
The 26-year-old Florida native, who is the fastest 200m sprinter in the world this year, clocked a 19.47 second time at the Diamond League meet in London on Sunday.
In doing so, Lyles broke a record set by Usain Bolt for the most 200m sprints run in under 20 seconds. This is the 35th time Lyles has accomplished that feat.
Lyles snapped his own fastest time this season by two-tenths as the home crowd cheered on Zharnel Hughes.
The American now heads to the World Championships in Budapest as the reigning gold medal winner in this event.
The feat is however very far from Bolt’s world record of 19.19secs set at the World Championship in Berlin, Germany in 2009.
In second place was Botswana ‘s Letsile Tebogo who ran 19.50 to pick the silver while Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes was cheered to the bronze in 19.73.
Ivorien sprinter, Marie-Josee Ta Lou hit the finish line in 10.75secs to win the women’s 100m ahead of home girl, Dina Asher-Smith (10.85) and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson (10.94) who placed second and their third respectively.
