American Lyles Noah beats Ferdinand Omanyala to Paris Diamond League 100m title by 0.01seconds
USA's Noah Lyles (R) runs to first place ahead of second-placed Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala (2nd L), third-placed Botswana's Letsile Tebogo (L) and Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs (2nd R) the men's 100m event during the IAAF Diamond League "Meeting de Paris" athletics meeting at the Charlety Stadium in Paris on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP)
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World 200m
champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League
meeting in Paris on Friday, but Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs could only
finish seventh.
Lyles clocked 9.97sec to edge out Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala who finished in 9.98 as Botswana's Letsile Tebogo rounded out the podium (10.05) in perfect sprinting conditions at the Stade Charlety.
Omanyala has had a busy season shining on Africa soil but is yet to win at the Diamond League.
Jacobs has had a
difficult start to the season -- the Italian has twice pulled out of 100m
showdowns with world champion Fred Kerley due to a back problem.
He failed to
react as Kerley's US teammate Lyles pulled away to the line. Jacobs crossed
well off the pace in 10.21.
2011 world
champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica was out fastest, but Lyles showed some class in
his transition into the final 50 metres to pull clear, albeit with African
champion Omanyala - who is this season's fastest after running 9.84sec in
Nairobi -- breathing down his neck.
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