Well probably not specifically doping/EPO but I'm sure he's on some PED. His hubris is also telling. He's got that PED hubris. Easy to avoid getting caught. These guys know how the system works.
US sprinter Lyles secured a world gold medal treble in Budapest, retaining his world 200m title and adding 100m and 4x100m gold medals to his CV. He remained undefeated in his six 200m finals in 2023, ending the year as the world 200m leader and joint 100m leader.
If he is clean, why can no doper beat him these days?
They’re not working because this guy LOVES attention. That sound bite where he talks about NBA champs is so cringe, scripted and theatrical. He craves the spotlight and will do what it takes to stay on top. Since jacobs is doping and lyles smokes him then what?
I really don’t think so. The dead giveaway of a doping sprinter is that sudden, huge, unnatural leap in performance that happens when they jump on roids. Like you saw with SAFP, FloJo and Elaine Thompson just to name a few. Lyles has never had that leap in performance. He has just made slow steady progress from year to year like clean athletes do. And he’s never had to get forgiveness for whereabouts failures or tainted supplements etc.
2. No one has accused Kung Fu Kenny of doping, and he's been within .04 of Lyles in every event this year (and faster in the 200 I think)
I'm not saying I think Kenny is doping, I don't think anyone thinks that, but Kenny doesn't get accused because he's likable. I like Kenny, and I find Noah to be amusing but also very annoying.
If the roles were flipped, and Kenny was the one hopping around with Pokémon cards and yapping about being the best, there would be threads on here about Kenny doping, and not Noah.
Noah also hasn't done anything generational as a sprinter this year, he's been very good but there have been better.
Point is: These threads have more to do with personal bias towards the athlete than they do with actual evidence towards doping.
I can't confidently say Noah isn't doping, but there's no reason to assume he is without evidence
Its not about popularity. Guys running 9.80 and 19.30. Lmao, he's doping. He beat nearly every other 200 runner in history,(especially two or so dozen that have been popped for SERIOUS substances) and he's supposed to be clean? Really?
They’re not working because this guy LOVES attention. That sound bite where he talks about NBA champs is so cringe, scripted and theatrical. He craves the spotlight and will do what it takes to stay on top. Since jacobs is doping and lyles smokes him then what?
What about a 16yr old 400m runner? Seems too good to be true
This thread is about Lyles. You’re welcome to start your own thread on a different athlete.
Its not about popularity. Guys running 9.80 and 19.30. Lmao, he's doping. He beat nearly every other 200 runner in history,(especially two or so dozen that have been popped for SERIOUS substances) and he's supposed to be clean? Really?
So 9.80 in 3.0 wind is clear evidence of doping
But 9.82 in 3.0 is not, and neither is 9.86 in 1.5?
Use a converter. 9.86 in 1.5 and 9.80 in 3.0 both convert to a 9.93 in 0 wind.
As for the 200, Michael Johnson never got popped. Bolt never got popped. There have been people at that level before who did not get popped.
He seems like just the type of person who would do anything to be popular.
I really don’t think so. The dead giveaway of a doping sprinter is that sudden, huge, unnatural leap in performance that happens when they jump on roids. Like you saw with SAFP, FloJo and Elaine Thompson just to name a few. Lyles has never had that leap in performance. He has just made slow steady progress from year to year like clean athletes do. And he’s never had to get forgiveness for whereabouts failures or tainted supplements etc.
No, that's only true for people with a low level of testosterone (women) or those doping with non-anabolic drugs like epo. Male sprinters are different because they already have a high level of anabolic steroids (test) naturally. So it's more like topping off the fuel tank continuously instead of going from a 1 L tank to a 50L tank.
They’re not working because this guy LOVES attention. That sound bite where he talks about NBA champs is so cringe, scripted and theatrical. He craves the spotlight and will do what it takes to stay on top. Since jacobs is doping and lyles smokes him then what?
What about a 16yr old 400m runner? Seems too good to be true
I dunno, but the kid is tiny. I just don't think it's possible, nothing suggests it physically. He's just.... fast.
He had a period a few years ago where he only won a bronze at the Olympics and started getting beaten by Knighton. Not a long time later he ran a 19.3 in the 200 and has continued to dominate. He either got super serious at that point or something else happened.