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10 July 2020Epic disappointment last night for the reigning world champion of the 200 meters, the American Noah Lyles who during one of the many distance races and simultaneously with other athletes, for a few minutes he stroked the idea of having become the fastest man in the world, even surpassing his majesty Usain Bolt.His time on 200 meters in fact even knocked down the threshold of 19 ", stopping at 18" 90, with a headwind. A monstrous, unimaginable performance. Disbelief, exultation, happiness, however, lasted very little in the soul of the innocent American athlete, just five minutes, just enough time to verify by the race judges that in reality the sprinter had covered only 185 of the 200 meters, due to an error of lane.
The accident occurred during an Inspiration Game, a distance race in lockdown times, between athletes who run alone and obviously start simultaneously with the starter's shot. Lyles ran on a Florida track. Immediately his 18 "90 - as reported by the BBC -, appeared anomalous, both for a slight headwind, and because the best personal of the American sprinter was 19" 50. Once, however, already far from the fabulous 19 "19 of Bolt made eleven years ago.
It happened that Lyles, winner in 2019 of the title on the 200 meters at the Doha World Championships, reached the curve in Florida well before the opponents Christophe Lemaitre and Churandy Martina, who competed in Switzerland and Holland respectively, crossed the line but his "winning" time proved to be helped by an error in the positioning of his starting blocks, which allowed him an advantage of 15 meters.
Disappointed and disheartened Lyles, who tweeted a few minutes later: "You can't play with my emotions in this way ...".
You can't be playing with my emotions like this ....
got me in the wrong lane smh 🤦🏾♂️