Atlanta City Games 2024: Will Noah Lyles Finally Break Usain Bolt’s 150m Record?

Noah Lyles, the 2023 “3 Peat” World Champion, is on a ‘Sprint quadruple’ aim this Olympic year. The 27-year-old dreams of running most of the distances—100m, 200m, 60m, and even the 4x400m—and clinching all the gold medals. Apart from aiming for medals, Noah Lyles is also determined to break Jamaica’s Usain Bolt’s 100m and 200m world records, which he has been chasing for a while.

While he has gotten the green signal from Lightning Bolt for these records, there is one more accolade of the fastest man ever that Noah Lyles has been targeting, and that is the 150m. As the Olympic year unfolds and Noah Lyles is gearing up for his outdoor season, an opportunity has come in the form of the Atlanta City Games 2024, and the question is: will Noah Lyles finally break Usain Bolt’s 150-meter record?

Noah Lyles and USA track stars gear up for the Atlanta City Games 2024

According to a post on X by CitiusMag, race organizers for the Atlanta City Games 2024 have rolled out the list of races track stars who are set to run. Noah Lyles will be running the 150-meter men’s event after a blazing performance last year. Grant Holloway, the hurdles titan, will defend his 110-meter hurdles title, which he won last year.

And lastly, the post stated that Anna Hall will compete in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. As we reflect on this opportunity to see the USA track stars, let’s find out more details of the race and how Noah Lyles could surpass the 150-meter record set by Usain Bolt.

How close is Lyles to surpassing Usain Bolt in the 150m?

The Adidas Games, officially known as the Adidas Atlanta City Games, are an annual track and field meeting. The event was originally held in Boston from 2016 to 2021, but was later relocated to Atlanta City in 2023. Last year, in 2023, Noah Lyles took the race by storm and beat Erriyon Knighton in the 150-meter sprint, clocking a trailblazing 14.56 seconds at the Centennial Olympic Park. Knighton clocked in 14.85, while Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala came in third with 14.89.

Noah Lyles’ time put him third on the all-time list, only behind Usain Bolt at 14.35 in the number one spot and Tyson Gay at 14.41, who is in second place over the distance. This year, Atlanta, Georgia, will host the Adidas Atlanta City Games  2024 on Saturday, May 18, at The Meadow, Piedmont Park, in Atlanta. And with a month left until the event, fans await to see if Lyles can break Usain Bolt’s record ahead of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Will he be able to achieve the feat? Share your thoughts below!