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The sprinter expressed himself after winning gold in the 100-meter race.
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles wants his own shoe.
On August 4, 2024, Lyles won an Olympic gold medal in one of the most iconic races in the world, the 100-meter sprint.
Lyles, who came in at 9.79 and just tenths of a second before Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, raced in the adidas Y-3 track spike but is hungry for more as he said in an interview that he wants his own shoe.
Following his victory and earning the title of the fastest man in the world, Lyles stated that he wants a signature training shoe.
“I want my own trainer,” he said. “Dead serious… I want a sneaker. There ain’t no money in spikes. There’s money in sneakers.”
If adidas were to make Lyles a signature shoe, he’d join the history books once more, this time in the world of sneakers joining legendary Michael Johnson and Allyson Felix as the only American sprinter with a shoe.
Johnson, who released the Nike Air Zoom JST in 1998 following the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and Felix, who left Nike and started her own footwear brand Saysh, set enough precedence for the Three Stripes to meet the demand of fans and athletes alike who aspire to performan at the highest level.
Much like the track, however, time will tell all.
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