‘I’ve traversed a mountain’ - Noah Lyles Warns Kishane Thompson, Akani Simbine And Co as He Launches 2025 Season

Noah Lyles is the reigning World and Olympic 100m champion. (Credit: Imago)

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Noah Lyles is the reigning World and Olympic 100m champion. (Credit: Imago)

‘I’ve traversed a mountain’ - Noah Lyles Warns Kishane Thompson, Akani Simbine And Co as He Launches 2025 Season

Mark Kinyanjui 21:40 - 14.05.2025

Noah Lyles has revealed his biggest motivation after officially launching his 2025 outdoor season.

Noah Lyles has revealed his motivation for the 2025 track season as he prepares to resume action in the quest to defend his hat-trick of  titles at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan this September. 

The 28-year old has revealed the burning purpose driving him to want to continue dominating for days to come. 

Lyles has already launched his outdoor season.Iin April, he took part in the  2025 Tom Jones invitational and  ran a new personal best of 45.87 seconds as he finished fifth.

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As he now prepares to take part in his specialist 100 and 200m races for the season,  Lyles, who won gold in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympic Games, setting a new personal record of 9.79 while narrowly beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, has revealed what motivates him. 

Lyles:  I’ve traversed a mountain that nobody’s ever climbed

Noah Lyles Warns Kishane Thompson, Akani Simbine And Co as He Launches 2025 Season
Noah Lyles targeting the 200m world record

In a newly released video on his YouTube channel, Lyles said, “Since the Earth started, I am the third-fasest man ever to live,” Lyles declared with trademark swagger. But behind the bravado is a deeper mission—one rooted in pain, growth, and transformation.

“I want to be an inspiration to the kids that are going through what I had to go through,” Lyles, who battled Asthma growing up said. 

“When I was growing up, I felt there was only one direction you could go in. And I hated it. I hated that I was told you have to stay in this box and go this way.”

Now, with multiple world titles and Olympic medals to his name, Lyles is more than just a sprinter—he’s a symbol of what it means to break boundaries.

“I feel like I’ve traversed a mountain that nobody’s ever climbed,” he said. “I see people now taking that same path. And while I don’t condone taking my path—I took it so that you can find a better one.”

Lyles isn’t just chasing fast times this season. He’s chasing impact. Off the track, he’s exploring new roles as a creator, inventor, and motivator.

“My life is not consumed by track and field,” he emphasized. “No matter what I do, I always want to keep pushing. I’m a creator. I’m an inventor. I’m an inspiration.”

Still, his competitive fire is undimmed.

“I know I’m always going to give everything I have—from the day that I start the season, or even two seasons ago,” Lyles said. “There’s no point where I’m not going to give everything.”

With his eyes on the 2025 World Championships and possibly beyond, Lyles enters this season not just as a sprinter, but as a movement—one that dares others to dream bigger, push further, and step out of the boxes the world puts them in.

Lyles will be performing in the Atlantic City Adidas event this weekent with one huge goal: to break Usain Bolt’s 150m world record.

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