Noah placed his hands on his knees and glared at the clock. He waved his hand and walked back to the track to celebrate his victory in the 200 meters. This night would continue to improve. The clock would change from "19.32" to "19.31" for a short time. He broke Michael Johnson's 26 year old American record. The names of the two people who finished behind him were shown on the board. The Americans swept the 200 and 100 just as they did the 100 the previous night. He ripped off his jersey after pounding his hand on the track. He grabbed his medal from the showman and then hugged his family and grabbed an American flag, one of many needed at the home games. Through seven days, the US had 22 medals. The time popped up and I tied Michael Johnson's record. I was wondering if you were going to do me that. The number changed from two to one. BACK-TO-BACK 🥇 AND A NEW AMERICAN RECORD IN THE 200M FOR NOAH LYLES 🤩 19.31 breaks Michael Johnson's 19.32 record by .01 seconds!@LylesNoah | @TeamUSA (via @NBCOlympics)pic.twitter.com/aonYFnQ8VL
He won after Shericka Jackson gave the Jamaican women another gold. The second-fastest time in history wasPukiWikiPukiWikiPukiWikiPukiWikiPukiWikiPukiWiki, which she ran at 21.45 seconds.
Defending champion Dina Asher- Smith of Britain prevented a Jamaican sweep.
Jackson's time is less than that of Florence Griffith-Joyner, who ran at the 1988 Olympics.
The Americans put a different trio on the stand while the Jamaicans were the same as four nights ago.
The 100 was dominated by three men. This time, it was Bednarek, who won the silver medal, and Knighton, who won the bronze.
Knighton's 19.49 earlier this year made him a slight favorite in this race and set up what was supposed to be a rivalry with Lyles. It was the 25-year-old Lyles who beat Knighton to the line last month at nationals and waved his finger as he crossed, a message that he wasn't giving in to his younger rival.
Over the past few years, he has conceded that his biggest competition has been himself. He was once thought to be the track's solution to the problem of having an outsized personality to capture.
The swine flu hit. He suffered at traveling alone and competing in front of empty seats. His brother, Josephus, is on the U.S. relay pool this week, but he couldn't compete because of his mental-health issues.
The trip to Oregon was easy this week due to the return of the crowds. He felt more like himself than he had in a long time.
He came out and started running.
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