On Tuesday on the 2026 Ostrava Golden Spike assembly in Czechia, Noah Lyles delivered on his aim of breaking the 150m world file. Joined by his coaching companion, Australia’s Gout Gout, Lyles dominated the race and lowered the earlier better of 14.92, set by Jamaica’s Kishane Thomspon on April 4 on the Miramar Invitational in Florida, to 14.67.
Lyles mark was set on a curved observe, and is named the 150m bend file; Jamaican dash legend Usain Bolt nonetheless holds his straightaway 150m file of 14.35, set in 2009.
Plan executed
Lyles arrived in Ostrava and let everybody know he was after the file. Earlier than Thompson’s run in April, the earlier mark of 14.97, set by Nice Britain’s Linford Christie in 1994, stood for 32 years. Lyles made it clear he was not impressed by their performances.
“I noticed the world file and felt it was a bit sluggish,” Lyles mentioned within the pre-meet press convention, “so we have to make that lots sooner.”
The race grew to become the quickest 150m ever, with three runners dipping below 15 seconds. South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile took second in 14.78, additionally below the earlier world finest, whereas Gout positioned third, clocking 14.97. As Lyles and Gout crossed the road, they immediately began celebrating, which was virtually as entertaining because the race.
One other file chase
Lyles wasn’t the one one in search of a world file in Ostrava. Earlier than the ladies’s 800m, Swiss star Audrey Werro requested that the tempo lights be set to 56 seconds for the primary lap, world-record tempo. Werro ran 1:54.45, greater than a second shy of Jarmila Kratochvílová’s long-standing file of 1:53.28, set in 1983. Though Werro was on tempo till the ultimate 100m, she let off the gasoline within the last stretch.
Regardless of lacking the file, Werro now owns eighth on the all-time listing. It was the second time in lower than two weeks that she recorded a top-10 efficiency. On June 7, Werro ran 1:53.98 at the Stockholm Diamond League assembly, beating Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson and recording the third quickest girls’s 800m in historical past. Werro is gaining confidence and can compete with Hodgkinson for the 800m world file all summer season.
“Immediately I made a decision to provide the whole lot as if it had been the ultimate of the European Championships,” Werro informed Olympics.com after her Stockholm win. “Additionally it is my dream to have the world file. I’ve began to consider it’s doable.”
Olympic Champion Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands additionally competed in Ostrava, putting second in her first skilled out of doors 800m, and setting a PB of 1:57.13.
