ZURICH: Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles.
Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he picked up gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay.
He was one of nine recently crowned world champions who followed up their titles with wins in Zurich in front of about 25,000 people at the Letzigrund Stadium.
“Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them,” the American said. “Today, we did not have perfect conditions, it was pretty cold. But a win is a win.”
Sha’Carri Richardson easily won the the women’s 100 in 10.88 ahead of a strong field that included Jamaican duo Natasha Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, while Shericka Jackson dominated the women’s 200 in 21.82.
Danielle Williams of Jamaica followed up her surprising title in the 100 hurdles in Budapest by winning her race in 12.54 seconds.
Yulimar Rojas in the women’s triple jump and Mondo Duplantis in the men’s pole vault also returned to the top of the podium in their events.
