Olympic and world champion Noah Lyles participated in a stopwatch count to tie his personal best, but instead resulted in a new world record.
World's fastest man Noah Lyles counted a new Personal Best (PB) and World Record (WR) of 8.44s, when requested to tie his time using a stopwatch.
In a hilarious content video created by @nickmayhugh, he asked some sprinters of the Pure Athletics group to equal their PB using the stopwatch without looking.
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Lyles with 100m PB of 9.79s, aimed to stop the watch tying his best, but instead stopped at 8.44s for a new WR. Following the reading, the excited Paris Olympics 100m champion said: "I'm a fast counter."
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Ivorian 200m record holder Cheick Traore with a PB of 19.93s was next and stopped the count at an unexpected time of 25.54s, while Jaylen Slade with 100m PB of 10.09s counted 11.03s.
Irish sprint star Israel Olatunde did 8.42s faster than his PB of 10.19s, and lastly Nigerian sprint sensation Udodi Onwuzurike also couldn't match his lifetime best of 9.92s, stopping the clock at a hilarious 12.66s.