Noah Lyles exploded over the final third of the race to win a thrilling men'...
SHANGHAI - Noah Lyles exploded over the final third of the race to win a thrilling men’s 100m in a personal best 9.86 seconds at the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday, pipping fellow American Christian Coleman in a photo-finish.
World indoor sprint champion Coleman was awarded the same time, the best of the year so far, and the top four all went under 10 seconds with Akani Simbine of South Africa third and last year’s winner Reece Prescod of Britain fourth .“I feel hot. I knew if I got out of the blocks and if I was anywhere close, I knew I could come late for the win.”
“It was a great race and Rai and I pushed each other to the line,” said the Qatari, who will be looking to give the home nation success at the world championships in Doha later this year.American Aleia Hobbs won the women’s 100m in 11.03 seconds despite fracturing her wrist playing laser tag two weeks ago, holding off Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare and double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson .
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