Noah Lyles isn't satisfied with the one bronze medal he won in the 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. On Sunday, he moved one step closer to adding an Olympic gold medal to his trophy case.
Lyles came back to win the 100 metres in the final seconds. Fred Curley and Kenny Bednarik also qualified for the 100 metres in Paris, but Christian Coleman did not qualify.
The men's 100-meter final was Sunday's main event at the Olympic Track and Field Trials and was the final event of the night at Hayward Field. Other finals on Sunday included the women's 400 meters, the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, the men's pole vault, the men's javelin, and the women's hammer throw. The women's 800-meter semifinal also took place, featuring American superstar Asing Mu.
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USA TODAY Sports reported the results from the event in Eugene on Sunday.
Noah Lyles will be returning to the Olympics.
The American sprinter, perhaps the world's most charismatic track and field athlete, won the 100-meter final Sunday night at Hayward Field to qualify for the Paris Games. Lyles, the defending world champion, will be seeking his first Olympic gold medal next month.
Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Fred Curley (9.88) finished second and third respectively. Christian Coleman, who was banned from the Tokyo Olympics for multiple missed drug tests, was fourth in 9.93.
Lyles also competed in the 200m and is expected to be a key member of the 4x100m team. The 200m final is scheduled for Saturday, June 29th.
Kendall Ellis returns to the Olympics with victory in the 400m
Kendall Ellis won the 400 meters in lane eight.
Ellis sprinted down the final straight and slightly extended her lead over the competition to win in a personal best time of 49.46 seconds.
Georgia's Aaliyah Butler took second place in a personal best time of 49.71, while Alexis Holmes won third place in a personal best time of 49.78 to secure the final Olympic berth.
At the Trials, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson found himself competing against adults nearly twice his age, but the vast difference in age and experience didn't faze him. The 16-year-old Wilson broke the under-18 world record in the 400 meters in the semifinals, finishing in a personal best time of 44.59 seconds.
Wilson finished behind Bryce Dedmon (44.44) and Vernon Norwood (44.50), but his time was good enough to advance to the finals.
“I just came out here today and gave it everything I had. I knew the last 100 meters was going to be tough,” Wilson told NBC. “I'm competing with those guys. I'm just grateful to have this moment.”
Instead of starting with swimming, the Los Angeles 2028 Games will see athletics take place first and swimming last, the first time the dates have been swapped since the Mexico City 1968 Games.
Track and field events will take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home of USC football.
“Athletics is our primetime event,” said Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028. “We're going to start off with a bang.”Lindsay Schnell
Ating Mu advances to the 800m final
Assing Mu used her impressive kick to outlast Louisiana State University's Michaela Rose in the 800 meters semifinals at Hayward Field on Sunday night, advancing to the final, scheduled for 10:32 p.m. ET on Monday.
Mu, the defending gold medalist, ran a 1:58.84 in the first heat of the event (her personal best is 1:54.97). Kate Grace was second in 1:58:97, and Rose, who won the NCAA title earlier this month, was third in 1:59:00. The top two times from each heat and the next three times holders advance to the final.
“I expected the result to be exactly like this, especially considering who was in the same race,” said Mu, who recorded the fastest time in the semifinals. “I knew the pace would be this or even faster in the final, so I'm really happy to have won this way.”
Noah Lyles, Fred Curley and Christian Coleman advance to the 100m final
The first semi-final heat was fast, with Courtney Lindsay and Fred Curley both qualifying for the final in times under 10 seconds. Lindsay won in 9.88, with Curley close behind in 9.89. Both times were aided by the wind.
The second semifinal was even faster, with Noah Lyles using the wind to his advantage to win in 9.80. Kenny Bednarik earned the other automatic qualifier in 9.82.
Christian Coleman won the third semifinal heat in 9.86 seconds, while Brandon Hicklin took second place in 9.95 seconds.
Lyles' younger brother, Josephs, failed to get out of the semifinals.
How to watch the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on TV
According to NBC, the television broadcast schedule is as follows:
Sunday: 8:30pm-11pm ET – Finals on Peacock and NBC
How to live stream the Olympic qualifiers
All events will be streamed on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, NBC and the NBC Sports app.
Sunday's schedule for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Here's the schedule for Sunday night and the rest of the tournament:
(All times Eastern Time)
- 8pm: Women's Hammer Throw Final
- 8:45pm: Men's Pole Vault Final
- 8:48 PM: Men's 100m Semifinals
- 9:10pm: Women's Heptathlon Shot Put
- 9:11 PM: Women's 800m Semifinals
- 9:35pm: Men's 400m Semifinals
- 9:40pm: Men's Javelin Throw Final
- 9:58 PM: Women's 400 Meter Final
- 10:07 PM: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
- 10:26 PM: Women's Heptathlon 200m
- 10:49 PM: Men's 100 Meter Final
Usain Bolt is still the fastest man of all time
Noah Lyles may currently hold the title of fastest man in the world, but the fastest man of all time remains Usain Bolt.
The Jamaican superstar still holds the world record for the 100 meters at 9.58 seconds, which he set in 2009. It is the only time he has ever run under 9.60 seconds for the 100 meters. Bolt holds the three fastest times of all time in the 100 meters (9.58, 9.63, 9.69).
Bolt won eight Olympic gold medals and 11 world championship gold medals before retiring from athletics in 2017. Tyler Dragon
Anna Hall takes early lead in heptathlon
Heptathlon favorite Anna Hall is in the lead after two events.
Hall led the rankings with 2,077 points in the 100-meter hurdles and high jump, with Chari Hawkins (2,074) and Tahliya Brooks (2,046) finishing second and third, respectively.
The women's team is scheduled to compete in the shot put at 9:10 p.m. ET and the 200 meters at 10:26 p.m. ET. Tyler Dragon
Josephus Lyles advances to the semifinals
Noah Lyles has a mate in the 100m semi-finals: his younger brother, Josephus.
Josephs placed fourth in the heats and advanced to Sunday night's semifinals after clocking a season-best 10.10 in the first round of the 100. Josephs will compete in lane three in the first round of the semifinals.
Noah, who topped the qualifying round with a time of 9.92 seconds in the 100 meters, will compete in the second heat.
The 100 semifinal is scheduled for 8:48 pm ET. Tyler Dragon
Who qualified to compete on the U.S. track and field team for the Paris Olympics?
Four more finals will be played on Saturday, and the U.S. team's roster continues to expand. Here are the players who have qualified for Paris through Day 2:
Men's 10,000
1. Grant Fisher, 2. Woody Kincaid, 3. Nicholas Young
Women's Triple Jump
1. Jasmine Moore, 2. Keturah Orji, 3. Tori Franklin
Men's Shot Put
1. Ryan Crowther, 2. Joe Kovacs, 3. Payton Otterdahl
Men's Decathlon
1. Heath Baldwin, 2. Zach Ziemek, 3. Harrison Williams
Women's 100 meters
1. Shakari Richardson, 2. Melissa Jefferson, 3. Towanisha Terry
