Lyles has sights on World Championships sprint double

AFP, United States  :
Reigning 200m world champion Noah Lyles steps up his campaign for a sprint double at this year’s world Championships in Budapest when he tackles the 100m at the US trials in Eugene, Oregon.
With his 200m dialed in, Lyles said, he’s finally had the luxury of honing his 100m, and he’s not just doing it for a change of pace.
“I just decided I wanted to win the 100 along with the 200,” he said Wednesday on the eve of the US athletics championships, the selection meeting for the World Championships in Budapest.
“I mean, we haven’t had a doubler since (Usain) Bolt, and it’s about time we have one — why not me?”
Jamaican great Bolt was the last man to complete a 100-200 world championships double, something he did in 2009, 2013 and 2015.
Lyles, who won 200m world titles in 2019 and 2022, said he’s now confident enough in his title defense to tackle the 100 as well — something he’d backed off from before.
“We tried to do the double in 2021 and I call it my worst year ever, it was a really rough year, we never really got the timing right,” Lyles said.