- Team GB sprinter says jibe ‘raised all the red in me’
- Hughes using Linford Christie clips to spur push for gold
Zharnel Hughes believes he can emulate Linford Christie by winning 100m gold for Britain at the Olympic Games next month. But first he has a score to settle with the brash US world 100m and 200m champion Noah Lyles, who he says “raised all the red in me” with a withering putdown that went viral after the launch of Netflix’s new track and field series, Sprint.
In the clip from last summer, Lyles is asked by a journalist what it would take to win the 200m at the London Diamond League. “Whatever I run,” he replies. When Hughes says he wants to show that he is “ready as well”, his American rival tells him: “If you don’t have main character energy, track and field isn’t for you.”
Written by Sean Ingle
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