Since Usain Bolt's retirement, Jamaica, the former "kingdom of sprinting", has completely fallen, and now in the World Athletics Championships, it is difficult to see Jamaica's outstanding athletes, and on the contrary, the United States has begun to recover in sprinting in recent years, and a large number of outstanding athletes have emerged.
Lyles has risen rapidly since winning the men's 100m at the 2016 U20 World Junior Athletics Championships, and his progress has been very fast, and he has now won the 200m at three World Championships in Athletics and the bronze medal in the 200m at the Tokyo Olympics.
For this year's Paris Olympics, Lyles is full of hope, and in an interview with the American media, he even made a bold statement that he wants to win four gold medals in this Olympic Games, including the men's 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay, he will win the gold medal, and not only that, Lyles hopes to break the world record in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, judging from his tone, this is to prepare to surpass Bolt!
Although the goal is great, but can it really be achieved, at present, there is still a lot of difficulty, Lyles in the 100 meters of the best time is 9.83 seconds, to be honest, this result is not enough to guarantee that he can win the championship, as for breaking Bolt's world record of 9.58 seconds, it is simply a fantasy, the gap is too big, with the current strength of Lyles, whether to win the Olympic 100-meter championship, is an unknown, don't think about breaking the world record!
Compared with the 100 meters, Lyles is better at 200 meters, which is also his main event, his current best result in the 200 meters is 19.31 seconds, which is also the best result in the men's 200 meters in the history of American track and field, however, although the result is amazing, but compared with Bolt's 19.19 seconds, there is still a gap of a while, which even the American legend Mike Johnson admitted, he said that now many Americans, as well as the media, are optimistic that Lyles will break the world record, but to tell the truth it is really difficult！
Although it seems difficult for Lyles to break Bolt's world record, he still has some hope of achieving four gold medals in the Paris Olympics, which must also be admitted, because Lyles has a great chance of winning gold medals in the 200m, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay, due to the decline of Jamaica, the United States team has a clear advantage in the relay, so if you look at it this way, Lyles has a good chance of winning three golds, as for the 100m, it depends on his performance.
If the dream of four gold medals is really realized, at least in terms of the number of gold medals in a single Olympic Games, it will surpass Bolt, which must be a supreme honor for Lyles, and it will also fulfill his bold words!