Noah Lyles runs 14.67 for 150 m in Ostrava, a quarter of a second under the world best
At the Golden Spike, Lyles beat Kishane Thompson's mark from earlier this year; Audrey Werro ran 1:54.45 and Nathan Green a 3:49.44 mile, both meeting records.
Photograph: Noah Lyles at the 2020 Gyulai Memorial in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, by Bob Ramsak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsNoah Lyles ran 150 m in 14.67 at the Golden Spike in Ostrava on Tuesday. The distance is not a world record event, so the mark is a world best, and it was a quarter of a second under the previous one, Kishane Thompson's 14.92 from earlier this year. South Africa's Sinesipho Dambile was second in 14.78 and Gout Gout third in 14.96. The race was run on the bend, with no wind.
The middle distances at this Continental Tour Gold meeting were as good. Audrey Werro won the 800 m in 1:54.45, a meeting record and, by World Athletics' count, the eighth-fastest performance ever, nearly three seconds clear of Femke Broeders-Bol in 1:57.13. Nine days earlier she had run 1:53.98 in Stockholm.
Nathan Green won the mile in 3:49.44, a meeting record that had stood since 2009, with Vincent Ciattei a tenth back in 3:49.51. Peter Bol ran 2:15.13 for 1000 m, an Oceanian record, with Samuel Chapple second in 2:15.20. Salah Eddine Ben Yazide won the steeplechase in 8:09.88 from Mohamed Tindouft, 8:10.04.
Bayanda Walaza won the 100 m in 9.94, equalling his best, from Emmanuel Eseme, 9.99. Matheus Lima won the 400 m hurdles in 47.64.
A 150 m world best is the kind of thing that gets filed under novelty. Taking 0.25 off it, on a bend, is not.
Sources: World Athletics; Wikipedia; The Running Channel.
