Noah Lyles won a fourth consecutive world 200m title, matching Bolt’s run of four in a row from 2009 through 2015.
Lyles, coming back from a spring ankle injury and bronze in last Sunday’s 100m, clocked 19.52 seconds, edging countryman Kenny Bednarek (19.58 for silver) and Jamaican Bryan Levell (19.64 for bronze).
“I wanted to run faster,” Lyles said after matching his time from 2023 Worlds. “I was truthfully coming out here with the idea of coming after my American record (19.31 seconds). I just didn’t have it.”