{"id":2196471,"date":"2024-03-11T13:08:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lyles-on-four-gold-mission-to-light-up-paris\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:18:15","slug":"lyles-on-four-gold-mission-to-light-up-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lyles-on-four-gold-mission-to-light-up-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyles aims for four golds to shine in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flyles-on-four-gold-mission-to-light-up-paris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2196471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>March 11, 2024 \u2013 7:08 AM PDT<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silver medallist Noah Lyles of the\u200d U.S. poses on the podium during the \u200bmedal ceremony for the men\u2019s 60m REUTERS\/Hannah \u2063Mckay\/File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Noah Lyles may or may not be the next Usain\u200c Bolt but \u2063the\u200c American sprinter understands better than most that anyone who wants the job\u200c as the face of world athletics requires a combination of charisma and\u2062 talent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Bolt \u2062retired nearly seven years ago athletics, without \u2063much \u2063success, has \u200cbeen searching \u200cfor the \u2064Jamaican\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n<p>The sport\u200c is littered with interesting \u200ccharacters but record setting shot\u200b putters and\u200d steeplechasers do not hold\u2064 global fascination.<\/p>\n<p>The mythical title of world\u2019s fastest man is\u2064 what grabs attention and if accomplished with panache and flair even \u2064better.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt \u2063brought\u2064 a magnetic personality and other worldly speed to \u200bthe track that\u200d produced a treasure\u2064 trove of gold medals, including eight\u2063 mined from three Olympics and records that still stand, while becoming\u200b an international celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2062 is that bar Lyles confronts at the \u200cParis Olympics where he \u200bis already being positioned as \u2062athletics\u2019 front man.<\/p>\n<p>From a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-walt-disney-company-warner-bros-and-sony-will-not-release-new-movies-in-russia-dont-say-anything-about-china\/\" title=\"The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., and Sony Will Not Release New Movies in Russia, Don\u2019t Say Anything About China\">marketing standpoint<\/a> Lyles ticks all the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 American speedster is a natural \u200dshowman\u2064 who embraces the \u200bspotlight, speaks his mind, knows how to make an entrance and is as comfortable on a\u2063 Paris fashion runway as the \u2062starting blocks.<\/p>\n<p>But compared to Bolt his work on\u200c the track is thin.<\/p>\n<p>He sped to three gold (100m, 200m, 4x100m) at last year\u2019s world \u2064championships in Budapest but took a \u2064single bronze at his only Olympics so far, hardly the \u200bresume that fires up fan interest.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2064the 100 metre all-time rankings Lyles sits well down\u200d the \u200dlist tied \u200cfor 15th with a career best of 9.83, seconds not anywhere near the\u200d class of Bolt\u2019s world record of 9.58.<\/p>\n<p>Six\u2064 Americans have run faster, including current rivals\u2063 Christian Coleman\u2064 (2019 100m world champion)\u200b and Fred\u200b Kerley (2022 100m world champion).<\/p>\n<p>If\u200b you have not yet produced eye-catching times then set outrageous goals.<\/p>\n<p>For Lyles that is expanding his \u2063sprinting repertoire to include the 400m which will allow the 26-year-old a chance \u200cto grab a relay\u200d spot and a shot at\u200d four golds on\u2063 the track in Paris (100m, \u2064200m, 4x100m and 4x400m),\u200d something \u2064not even the great Bolt managed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018THIS ISN\u2019T A JOKE\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Only two \u2063men have claimed four athletics golds at a single Olympics, Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis but their hauls included wins in the long jump not on the track.<\/p>\n<p>The sprinter coming closest to that feat was\u200d American Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics\u2063 where she\u200c won the 100m, 200m\u200c and 4x100m relay and silver in the 4x400m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m serious,\u201d Lyles \u200ctold Reuters. \u201cI just ran\u2063 the 4x400m in Glasgow (Indoor world championships), and I felt that was definitely \u2064one of my ways \u2064of saying that\u2064 this isn\u2019t a joke.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA\u2063 lot of people thought I was just doing it for headlines. But, no. I\u2019m full force going\u2063 in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI \u2062learned very early on how to play the game, as you might call it, moving the needle forward \u200cand being marketable helps a\u2062 lot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf you believe that only getting medals is going to make everybody\u200c like you or make everybody want to do business with you. Unfortunately, that\u2019s not\u2062 all it takes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors are paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Adidas\u2064 recently \u2064updated their contract with Lyles signing him to a reported $10 \u2064million deal that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-executives-funneled-money-to-democrat-who-just-blocked-uyghur-forced-labor-bill\/\" title=\"Nike Executives Funneled Money To Democrat Who Just Blocked Uyghur Forced Labor Bill\">athletic apparel giant<\/a> says is \u201cthe richest in the sport of track and field since the retirement of Usain Bolt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Energy drink Celsius \u2064is the latest to jump \u200don board the Lyles bandwagon, the company announcing \u2064on Monday a partnership with the sprinter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe athletes need the sport, and the sport needs the \u2064athletes,\u201d summed up Lyles. \u201cI can\u2064 only do my job \u2064and what\u200d I believe is\u200d good for the sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI think that\u2019s personality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI can\u2019t\u2063 tell you how many comments and people have \u200bcome up to me in\u2062 saying, \u2018I didn\u2019t even care about the 4\u00d74 until you went to it.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, wow!\u2019 That proves that a personality\u200c is needed to help push\u2063 it along.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOf course, the sport is interesting itself, but people need stories to connect with and I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-van-der-beek-reflects-on-moving-to-texas-says-return-to-hollywood-would-have-to-fit-around-his-family\/\" title=\"James Van Der Beek Reflects On Moving To Texas, Says Return To Hollywood Would Have To \u2018Fit Around\u2019 His Family\">love telling stories<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto. \u200bEditing by Toby Davis<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden mourns the loss \u2063of Lincoln Riley at SOTU, Lara \u200dTrump becomes Co-Chair of\u2062 the RNC and\u200d Sweet \u2064Baby Inc. is exposed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s speech writers may \u2063have their work cut out \u2064for them for the State of the Union. \u200bOne America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor has more. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One Christian author explains how trangenderism is hurting America\u2019s \u2062youth, and how Christians can \u2064fight back. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Arizona \u200bis facing a\u2063 host of problems created by\u2062 Democrat policies, especially those created by illegal\u200d immigration at\u2064 its southern border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>UnitedHealth Group is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from one of the most disruptive \u2062hacks against America\u2019s healthcare infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google has \u2063been touting the myriad innovations in the first building\u200c wholly designed and built by the web giant.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Investors have piled into Nvidia-focused \u2064ETFs this year \u200bon\u200d the frenzy around AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn for the first\u200b time disclosed\u200c sales for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-rare-disclosure-linkedin-says-premium-subscriptions-bring-in-1-7-billion\/\" title=\"LinkedIn reveals that its premium subscriptions generate an impressive .7 billion in revenue, a seldom-disclosed figure\">premium subscription business<\/a> as the company sees\u2064 an uptick in adoption of new AI tools.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why does Noah Lyles believe that\u200d having a magnetic personality and being marketable is important for athletes in the world of \u200dsports\u200c sponsorship and business opportunities<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Noah \u200bLyles: The Next Usain Bolt?<\/p>\n<p>March 11, 2024 \u2013 7:08 AM PDT<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Noah Lyles may or may not be the next Usain \u200cBolt, but the American sprinter understands \u200bbetter than most that\u2064 anyone who wants the job as the\u2064 face \u200dof world athletics requires a combination of charisma and talent.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Bolt retired nearly seven years ago, athletics has been searching for the Jamaican\u2019s successor. The sport is littered with interesting characters, but record-setting shot putters and steeplechasers do\u2064 not \u2064hold\u200b global fascination. The mythical title of world\u2019s \u2064fastest\u2063 man \u200dis what\u200d grabs attention, and if accomplished with\u200d panache and flair, even better.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt brought a magnetic personality and otherworldly speed to the track that produced a treasure\u200d trove of gold medals, \u2062including eight \u200cmined from \u200bthree \u2064Olympics and records that\u2064 still stand, while becoming an international celebrity.\u200d It is that bar Lyles confronts at the\u200c Paris Olympics, where \u2064he is already being positioned as athletics\u2019\u2064 front man.<\/p>\n<p>From a marketing standpoint, Lyles ticks \u200call the boxes. The American speedster\u2062 is a natural showman who embraces the spotlight, speaks his mind, knows \u2063how\u2063 to make an entrance, and is as comfortable on a Paris fashion runway as the starting blocks.<\/p>\n<p>But compared\u2063 to Bolt, his work\u2063 on the \u2063track is thin. He sped to three gold (100m, 200m, 4x100m) at last year\u2019s world championships in Budapest but took a single bronze at his only Olympics so far, hardly the resume that fires\u200c up fan interest. On the 100-meter all-time rankings, Lyles sits \u200bwell down the list tied for 15th with a career best\u2063 of 9.83 seconds, not anywhere near the class \u200cof Bolt\u2019s world record of 9.58\u2062 seconds. Six Americans\u2064 have run faster, including current rivals Christian Coleman (2019 100m world champion)\u2063 and Fred Kerley (2022 100m world champion).<\/p>\n<p>If you have not yet produced eye-catching \u2064times, then set outrageous\u2064 goals. For Lyles, that \u200dis expanding his sprinting repertoire to include the 400m, which will allow the\u200c 26-year-old a chance to grab \u2064a relay spot\u2063 and a shot\u200c at four golds on\u200b the track in\u2062 Paris (100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m), something not even the great Bolt managed.<\/p>\n<p>Only two men have claimed \u200bfour\u200d athletics golds at a \u2064single Olympics,\u2062 Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, but their hauls included wins in the long jump, not on the track. The sprinter coming closest to that feat was\u200c American\u2062 Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she\u2063 won the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay and silver in the 4x400m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m serious,\u201d Lyles told Reuters. \u201cI\u2064 just ran the 4x400m in Glasgow (Indoor world\u2063 championships), and I felt\u200b that was definitely one of\u2063 my\u2064 ways of saying that this isn\u2019t a joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people thought I was just doing it for \u200bheadlines. But, no. I\u2019m\u2063 full force going in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned very early on how to \u2064play \u2064the game,\u200b as you might call it, moving the needle forward and being marketable helps a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you believe\u2063 that only getting medals is going\u200b to make everybody like \u200byou or\u200d make everybody want to do business with you. Unfortunately, that\u2019s not all it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors are paying attention. Adidas\u2063 recently updated their contract\u2063 with\u2064 Lyles, signing him to a reported $10 million deal that the athletic apparel giant says is \u201cthe richest in the sport of track and field since the retirement of Usain Bolt.\u201d Energy\u2062 drink Celsius is the \u200dlatest to jump \u2062onboard the Lyles bandwagon, with the company announcing on Monday a partnership with the \u2062sprinter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200bathletes need the \u200bsport, and \u2064the sport needs the athletes,\u201d summed up Lyles.\u200b \u201cI can only do \u200bmy job and \u200bwhat I believe is\u2063 good\u200d for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s\u2064 personality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many comments and people\u200d have come up to\u200b me in saying,\u200c \u2018I didn\u2019t even care about the 4&#215;4 until you went\u200c to it.\u2019 And\u200b I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, wow!\u2019 That proves that \u2064a personality is needed to help push it along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 11, 2024 \u2013 7:08 AM PDT: Noah Lyles, the U.S. silver medallist, poses on the podium during the men&#8217;s 60m medal ceremony. 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