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30 Jul, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Noah Lyles is a favorite at #Tokyo2020, having posted the year’s fastest 200-meter time at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

But to understand his Olympic journey, we have to go all the way back to the starting line. washingtonpost.com/sports/interac…
Lyles is a connoisseur of anime and manga, Japan’s popular forms of storytelling.
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​​For the comic book “Chasing Gold,” Washington Post reporters interviewed Lyles and the people around him. wapo.st/3ldKdyY Image
Noah Lyles was born in Gainesville, Fla., to track star parents: His mother was an All-American and his father medaled at the world championships. wapo.st/3ldKdyY ImageImage
Noah and his brother Josephus competed throughout high school: “No national record is safe from us,” they said at a press conference.

They initially committed to the University of Florida, but went professional in 2016. wapo.st/3ldKdyY ImageImage
At the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., Noah Lyles ran 200 meters in 19.74 seconds — the fastest time in the world that year — securing his spot at the Tokyo Olympics. wapo.st/3ldKdyY ImageImage
The best athletes on the planet will gather in Tokyo this summer, hoping to etch their names in the Olympic record books. Noah Lyles is ready for the world to know his name.

Read the full comic: wapo.st/3ldKdyY

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