Sprinter Noah Lyles mocked U.S. sports after claiming the 200-meter sprint double at the World Athletics Championships in Hungary on Friday night.
The 26-year-old Gainesville, Fla., native came away with a 19.52-second victory in the 200-meter race to add to his previous weekend’s 100-meter victory.
After his historic win, his third consecutive in the 200-meter race, he commented on the state of American sports champions.according to the Daily Mail “We are the world. We have almost every country out here fighting and thriving and putting on a flag to show that they are represented. There ain’t no flags in the NBA,” he added.Getty Images
“I want people to say ‘Wow, this isn’t just a fast guy, he´s a well-rounded guy with a good personality, and I want to follow him for that,'” he said.
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