https://www.scmp.com/rss/519486/feed The latest news on Noah Lyles, American track and field sprinter and Olympian, including competition news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters The perennial battle between adulation and scepticism summed up the year in athletics as fans were treated to some mind-blowing performances against the usual depressing backdrop of doping that left everyone unsure whether to clap or cry. On the positive side, the blip caused by Covid meant the sport held a third world championships in four years and the 20th edition in Tokyo delivered an almost constant stream of brilliant performances and incredible finishes, as well as delivering medals to 53... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3337682/year-athletics-mondo-duplantis-shines-us-enjoy-stellar-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3337682/year-athletics-mondo-duplantis-shines-us-enjoy-stellar-year?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo said on Tuesday he would let his “legs do the talking” in his battle with brash American Noah Lyles at the world championships in Tokyo. The softly spoken Botswanan won his country’s first Olympic gold medal in any sport in Paris last year, when Lyles finished third. Tebogo labelled his flamboyant American rival “arrogant” after the race, and Lyles’ outsize character was likely to command the global spotlight again when the world championships begin on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3324888/tokyo-world-championships-letsile-tebogos-legs-do-talking-noah-lyles-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3324888/tokyo-world-championships-letsile-tebogos-legs-do-talking-noah-lyles-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:10 +0000 Francesca Fearon Francesca Fearon When Sarah Burton showcased her debut collection for Givenchy in March, it felt like a strong, contemporary interpretation of the maison’s classic style – less Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and more modern-day diva. Burton had been inspired by archival patterns of Hubert de Givenchy’s original 1952 debut that were found during renovations of his first atelier. She took those structured silhouettes and gave them a dramatic, up-to-the-minute turn in pieces like a jewelled top with... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/jewellery/article/3311226/how-pearl-making-dramatic-new-statement-think-less-twinset-more-modern-day-diva-thanks-givenchy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/jewellery/article/3311226/how-pearl-making-dramatic-new-statement-think-less-twinset-more-modern-day-diva-thanks-givenchy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 May 2025 09:15:39 +0000 You know those times when you ask a friend “so, did I miss anything?” in the hope they say no, and instead they run off a laundry list of things you actually did miss. Yeah, that. We could do an entire novella just on the remarkable events at the Stade de France, and there will be an American studio exec somewhere dreaming up a straight-to-TV film about a plucky basketball team that overcame the odds to battle back and win gold. As you might have gathered, yes, if you were asleep last night then... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273789/while-you-were-sleeping-200m-gold-usa-survive-upset-5-things-you-missed-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273789/while-you-were-sleeping-200m-gold-usa-survive-upset-5-things-you-missed-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:30:29 +0000 Noah Lyles said he kept a Covid-19 diagnosis under wraps to avoid gifting a psychological edge to his Olympic 200 metres rivals in Paris. After finishing third in Thursday’s final, behind winner Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and fellow American Kenny Bednarek, Lyles left the track in a wheelchair. Later, the 27-year-old spoke in the bowels of the Stade de France, wearing a black surgical mask. “I do have Covid, I tested positive around 5am on Tuesday,” he said. “I woke up in the middle of the night... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273787/paris-olympics-usas-noah-lyles-hushed-covid-positive-avoid-giving-edge-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273787/paris-olympics-usas-noah-lyles-hushed-covid-positive-avoid-giving-edge-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:56:10 +0000 It’s day 13 in Paris and fortunately it’s not a Friday, otherwise we’d be in real trouble, still it’s guaranteed to be unlucky for some no matter what they do. This might be a day you want to set alarms, or take strategically timed naps, because it’s going to a long one, and there is plenty happening in the early hours you won’t want to miss. In fact, there’s just a lot happening in general, and while we tend to stick to five subjects, no one said we had to keep it to five events. So, here’s a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/explainers/article/3273667/paris-olympics-hongkonger-noah-lyles-and-wu-yanni-5-things-know-day-13?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/explainers/article/3273667/paris-olympics-hongkonger-noah-lyles-and-wu-yanni-5-things-know-day-13?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:30:18 +0000 Another night of action in Paris, and some remarkable performances from some incredible athletes. The feats of strength, agility or dexterity on display never cease to amaze, and last night was no different. So, while you were catching your beauty sleep, here’s what happened overnight in the French capital. Hou remarkable Hours after China’s Li Fabin defended his weightlifting title, which most people were awake for, it was Hou Zhihui’s turn, and she certainly made her supporters sweat. The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273639/while-you-were-sleeping-88-year-curse-broken-and-china-weightlifting-gold-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273639/while-you-were-sleeping-88-year-curse-broken-and-china-weightlifting-gold-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:30:24 +0000 Not one swimmer competing at the Paris Olympics has failed a recent drugs test, that we know of, and yet the stench of doping accusations and allegations clung to La Defense Arena throughout nine days of intense competition. This was a Games where the word trimetazidine, or TMZ, was on the lips of those around the pool, as much as the names of its superstar performers: Leon Marchand, Kaylee McKeown and Pan Zhanle. What’s more, because of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (Wada) approach, this is an... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3273496/doping-double-standards-and-how-tues-muddy-waters-china-row-us-over-wada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3273496/doping-double-standards-and-how-tues-muddy-waters-china-row-us-over-wada?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:00:12 +0000 American Noah Lyles stormed to glory at the Olympics on Monday in the men’s 100 metres – the blue riband event where Asian track athletes have once again been conspicuous by their absence. In Paris, not a single Asian athlete made it into the women’s 800m final, the 4x400m mixed relay, or the men’s and women’s 100m finals. Those that progressed beyond round one – Japan’s Sani Brown Abdul Hakim, and Thailand’s Puripol Boonson in the men’s 100m – stood little chance of winning a medal, proving the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273381/paris-olympics-why-does-asia-struggle-produce-track-stars-what-needs-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273381/paris-olympics-why-does-asia-struggle-produce-track-stars-what-needs-change?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:30:08 +0000 The chances are the 77,083 spectators inside the Stade de France could run newly crowned Olympic champion Noah Lyles quite close in terms of the reaction time, given the speed with which they left after the men’s 100m final on Sunday night. I might have spent a couple more minutes in the stands watching the moments after a United States sprinter finally won the coveted title again after 20 years before making my way to the exits, but there must have still been 20,000 people walking, or running,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273315/postcard-paris-stunning-show-speedy-final-and-even-quicker-exit-after-mens-100m?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273315/postcard-paris-stunning-show-speedy-final-and-even-quicker-exit-after-mens-100m?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:30:14 +0000 You can measure your life in Olympic cycles, or more specifically an Olympic event that entrances you every four years. The men’s 100 metres sprint, crowning the world’s fastest human, has that allure. While few readers will recall Jesse Owens winning in 1936 in real time, some will have caught Jim Hines (1968), and the likes of Carl Lewis (1984, 1988), Linford Christie (1992) and Usain Bolt (2008, 2012, 2016) remain vivid for many. Overnight, the race to join that list lived up to its billing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3273179/while-you-were-sleeping-5-things-know-after-lyles-pan-speed-gold-paris-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3273179/while-you-were-sleeping-5-things-know-after-lyles-pan-speed-gold-paris-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:35:52 +0000 This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Download our app to get faster notifications and 14 days of unlimited access. The fastest men in the world were in action today, and we got to find out whether Noah Lyles could run as well as talk a good game in the men’s 100 metres. He could. Before that, we had a host of other exciting events to get to, not least of which was the latest instalment of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/article/3273139/paris-olympics-day-9-djokovic-v-alcaraz-chinas-fan-chases-gold-boxing-badminton-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/article/3273139/paris-olympics-day-9-djokovic-v-alcaraz-chinas-fan-chases-gold-boxing-badminton-cycling?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Aug 2024 07:35:58 +0000 In the wake of a night forever etched in Asian history, Hong Kong and China fans can finally breathe a little, although if tennis is your thing then there is a storming men’s singles final to look forward to. But we doubt we are the only ones still recovering from Zheng Qinwen’s battering of Donna Vekic, so a bit of a snoozy Sunday ticks the boxes. And away from the latest instalment of the rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, today’s agenda is more of about enjoying the Olympic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273125/paris-olympics-novak-djokovic-noah-lyles-chase-gold-5-things-know-day-9?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/buzz/article/3273125/paris-olympics-novak-djokovic-noah-lyles-chase-gold-5-things-know-day-9?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Aug 2024 04:39:47 +0000 It’s nearly time for the blue ribbon events of the Games. As track and field pushes off with the start of the month, 200 metres Asian record holder Xie Zhenye will lead the Chinese contingent, while Felix Diu Chun-hei will fly the flag for Hong Kong. The 48 events unfolding across the track and field in Paris give the Chinese a chance to surpass their six-medal haul from Tokyo. Athletes to watch Sha’Carri Richardson (United States) The 100m world champion will make her Olympic debut after a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3272743/paris-olympics-track-and-field-schedule-key-dates-all-you-need-know-ahead-kick?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3272743/paris-olympics-track-and-field-schedule-key-dates-all-you-need-know-ahead-kick?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Aug 2024 05:00:15 +0000 The 2024 Olympics will take place in the City of Love. So it’s only natural to take time to appreciate the athletes fans are most likely to fall for. The Games are the height of athletic competition, which means everyone taking part is a monster in their field. But some are gods and goddesses off it and will draw as much attention for their looks as their sporting talent. So, as the Paris Games get under way, here are 10 hotties to keep your eyes on … Daria Bilodid Ukraine View this... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272003/paris-olympic-games-10-hottest-athletes-men-and-women-who-are-good-they-look?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3272003/paris-olympic-games-10-hottest-athletes-men-and-women-who-are-good-they-look?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:00:11 +0000 Hong Kong’s leader issued a rallying call for the city on Friday, urging them to unite into a 7 million-strong “cheerleading team” for the athletes who will carry the weight of residents’ hopes and expectations on their shoulders at the Paris Olympics. While locals in the French capital stayed indoors on the eve of the Games, dodging grey and wet skies, a transport network plunged into chaos by vandalism, and complex preparations for the sprawling River Seine opening ceremony, Chief Executive... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3271958/paris-olympics-cheung-and-haughey-lead-way-hong-kong-athletes-prepare-medal-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/hong-kong/article/3271958/paris-olympics-cheung-and-haughey-lead-way-hong-kong-athletes-prepare-medal-push?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:30:12 +0000 Hong Kong sprinter Felix Diu Chun-hei will compete at the Paris Olympic Games – even though he did not get there by the standard route. With no Hong Kong athlete having attained direct qualification, World Athletics gave Diu one of the “universality” spots put aside for under-represented countries and which are designed to increase the diversity of nations in the Games’ various sports. The 24-year-old received confirmation only one day before he attended the delegation’s flag presentation... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3270471/paris-olympics-sprinter-felix-diu-aims-hong-kong-record-after-winning-unexpected-spot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3270471/paris-olympics-sprinter-felix-diu-aims-hong-kong-record-after-winning-unexpected-spot?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:00:15 +0000 My competitive experiences of World Championships have been abysmal. I was injured for the first one, injured for the second one, and was retired by 1991 in Tokyo. So I did not actually compete in a World Championships. But I am fully making up for these omissions now. Budapest was a very special World Championships because it was the 40th anniversary of the first one in 1983 in Helsinki, and it was also the first one that gave me the opportunity from the outset to decide what it should look... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3235986/sebastian-coe-world-athletics-president-considers-what-future-sport-will-be-final-4-years-his-tenure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3235986/sebastian-coe-world-athletics-president-considers-what-future-sport-will-be-final-4-years-his-tenure?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:00:17 +0000 The true character of Omega is being revealed through its new women’s campaign, which includes big names such as model and actress Kaia Gerber, model Kiko Mizuhara and Olympic runner Allyson Felix. The renowned Swiss watchmaker is showcasing its female ambassadors and their unique personalities in this intimate campaign, titled My Choice. It is the latest example of Omega’s historic bond with women, and sees each woman wear a watch of her choice. For more than 100 years, the company has... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3188117/post-edit-omega-my-choice-watch-campaign-celebrates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3188117/post-edit-omega-my-choice-watch-campaign-celebrates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:15:15 +0000 American Sydney McLaughlin shattered her own 400 metres hurdles world record to clinch her first individual World Championships gold, while compatriot Michael Norman claimed the men’s 400m crown and Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the women’s event. McLaughlin blazed home in 50.68 seconds to set the first world record at this year’s championships, finishing well clear of silver medallist Femke Bol of the Netherlands. Defending champion Dalilah Muhammad finished third. “The time is absolutely... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3186340/sydney-mclaughlin-smashes-400m-hurdles-record-win-gold-miller-uibo-norman-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/3186340/sydney-mclaughlin-smashes-400m-hurdles-record-win-gold-miller-uibo-norman-win?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Jul 2022 07:02:58 +0000