BY EDDIE PELLS
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The bright red running suit, the white pearls and the gold medal said it all.
Noah Lyles is the flashiest, and the fastest, sprinter in the United States — maybe even the world.
We’ll all get to find out later this summer in Paris thanks to a come-from-behind victory for Lyles in the 100 meters at U.S. track trials Sunday — a 9.83-second sprint that secured his spot at an Olympics where he has his sights set on electrifying his sport.
“This was basically the plan, and the plan is working right now,” Lyles said.
Lyles came from the back half of the field to match his best time ever in the sprint that crowns the Fastest Man in the World.
He beat 200-meter specialist Kenny Bednarek by .04. Fred Kerley, the 2022 world champion, finished in third and will also go to
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