Lyles took the gold medal with a time of 14.67 seconds over South Africa’s Danville, with Australian teenager Gaut Gaut finishing third.
Published June 16, 2026
American sprinter Noah Lyles set a world record in the rare 150-meter dash with a time of 14.67 seconds at the Golden Spikes event in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava.
The 28-year-old Lyles on Tuesday broke the previous record of 14.72, set by Kishane Thompson in Florida in April.
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In Ostrava, Lyles beat South African Sinesipho Dambile with a score of 14.78, while Australian teenager Gaut Gaut came third with a score of 14.96.
“Did you ever have doubts? Did you ever have doubts? We came for the show,” an elated Lyles told Czech television.
Earlier this month, Lyles easily won the 100m at the Wanda Diamond League in Rome with a time of 9.88 seconds, her fastest time since winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The energetic, anime-loving showman has put on powerful performances both indoors and outdoors throughout the year, earning him a spot on this year’s Time100 Most Influential People list.
Dutch star Femke Broders-Boll had to bow to Switzerland’s Audrey Wello in her 800m outdoor debut to get a good result.
Brodersborg, 26, switched from the 400m hurdles, where he won two world gold medals, and ran an impressive time of 1:57.13 to take second place.
“It was really cool. I love racing in Ostrava. It was tough, but it was fun,” she said.
Broders-Boll also won multiple medals as the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay team, most notably winning a gold medal in the mixed event at the Paris Olympics.
She ran the 800 meters in February for the first time since 2017, setting a national record time of 1:59.07, before withdrawing from the remainder of the indoor season to treat a foot injury.
The 22-year-old Wello overcame Broders Boll with 200 meters to go and won in 1:54.45, half a second off his personal best set in March.
“It was a really crazy run, but my time was really good so I’m really happy,” Wero said.
Setting the eighth-best time in history, she fell more than a second short of track and field’s oldest world record of 1:53.28, set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratočvilova of Czechoslovakia, who was watching the race from the stands.
In the men’s 100m, 20-year-old Bayanda Walaza of South Africa beat Cameroon’s Emmanuel Essemeh in 9.99 seconds to equal his personal best of 9.94 seconds.
Popular American athletes Ronnie Baker and Jordan Anthony were relegated to 4th and 5th place, respectively, with times well over 10 seconds.
