Current:Home > FinanceTyreek Hill criticizes Noah Lyles, says he would beat Olympian in a race -FundPrime
Tyreek Hill criticizes Noah Lyles, says he would beat Olympian in a race
View
Date:2025-04-17 01:29:31
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is one of the fastest men in the NFL. He thinks he can outrun the fastest man in the world.
Team USA's Noah Lyles won the 100 meters final at the Paris Olympics in a photo finish with a time of 9.79 seconds, just 0.21 seconds away from Usain Bolt’s world record. However, Hill is the latest athlete to take a jab at the Olympic champion following his controversial comments about American sports leagues.
"I wouldn't beat him by a lot, but I would beat Noah Lyles," Hill told Kay Adams on the Up & Adams show.
Lyles, who has committed himself to growing the audience for track and field, has criticized North American professional sports leagues in the past for referring to their winners as world champions.
"You know the thing that hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have 'world champion' on their head," Lyles said during the 2023 Track and Field World Championships in Budapest. "World champion of what? The United States?”
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
Hill did not hold back his criticism when asked on the show to respond to Lyles' remarks.
"For him to do that and say that we’re not world champions of our sport … Come on bruh, just speak on what you know about and that's track," Hill said.
Hill added that "Noah Lyles can't say nothing after what just happened to him" and accused the track star of pretending he was sick after he finished third in the 200 meters.
Lyles failed to reach his goal of earning the double sprinting crown at the Paris Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the 200 meters before collapsing on the track and requiring wheelchair assistance. The track star later revealed he raced the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast.Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (791)
Related
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- One of the Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Just Got a Retirement Date. What About the Rest?
- Conservative Justices Express Some Support for Limiting Biden’s Ability to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- For the Second Time in Four Years, the Ninth Circuit Has Ordered the EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- One of the most violent and aggressive Jan. 6 rioters sentenced to more than 7 years
- Bachelor Fans Will Want to Steal Jason Tartick and Kaitlyn Bristowe's Date Night Ideas for a Sec
- DWTS’ Peta Murgatroyd and Maks Chmerkovskiy Share Baby Boy’s Name and First Photo
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s Son James Wilkie Has a Red Carpet Glow Up
Ranking
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Pharrell Williams succeeds Virgil Abloh as the head of men's designs at Louis Vuitton
- And Just Like That, the Secret to Sarah Jessica Parker's Glowy Skin Revealed
- This $23 Travel Cosmetics Organizer Has 37,500+ 5-Star Amazon Reviews
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Checking back in with Maine's oldest lobsterwoman as she embarks on her 95th season
- Amazon will send workers back to the office under a hybrid work model
- Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment
Recommendation
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
Extreme Heat Risks May Be Widely Underestimated and Sometimes Left Out of Major Climate Reports
ESPYS 2023: See the Complete List of Nominees
What does the Adani Group's crash mean for India's economy?
Small twin
Florida ocean temperatures peak to almost 100 degrees amid heatwave: You really can't cool off
Super Bowl commercials, from Adam Driver(s) to M&M candies; the hits and the misses
Why Cynthia Nixon Doesn’t Want Fans to Get Their Hopes Up About Kim Cattrall in And Just Like That