US sprinter Noah Lyles was involved in a rain-hit 100m in Lausanne last week, with rain and storms also a strong possibility in Tokyo.

Despite an injury-induced delay to the start of his season, Olympic 100 metres champion Noah Lyles reckons his form is as good as -- if not better than -- last summer when he claimed gold in Paris.

Olympic champion Noah Lyles runs his first 100m of 2025, headlining an afternoon featuring the cream of track and field athletes.

America's Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles launched his 2025 season with a 60m victory in 6.62sec at an indoor university meeting in Gainesville, Florida

Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson, the two top sprinters in the 100m race at Paris Olympics 2024, had a faster time than Bolt's final Olympic gold in Rio 2016.

Letsile Tebogo claimed a historic Olympic 200m title for Botswana on Thursday as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone produced a stunning performance to smash the world record in the women's 400m hurdles

Noah Lyles, fresh from winning Olympic 100m gold in Paris, cruised his 200m heat at the Stade de France on Monday to keep his bid for a sprint treble alive

The 27-year-old Lyles has frequently complained of track and field's low profile in the United States, where the NBA, National Football League and baseball dominate the sporting landscape.