Newly Married Lyles Fires Subtle Shot at Thompson After 150m World Record
Married. Settled. And already looking at someone else’s world record.
Noah Lyles tied the knot with Junelle Bromfield in an “all shades of melanin” celebration in Georgia. The champagne had barely settled before Kishane Thompson went and broke the 150m world record — 14.92 seconds at the Miramar Invitational in Florida, with Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu second in 14.96.
Lyles saw it. And responded the only way Lyles knows how.
On social media, he announced he would compete in the 150m at the Ostrava Golden Spike — a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event — on June 16, 2026. Then came the question that wasn’t really a question: “What’s the world record in the 150m again?”
He knows the answer. He’s run 14.41 seconds in the distance — his personal best, set at the Adidas Atlanta City Games in May 2024, matching Tyson Gay’s American record. Thompson’s 14.92 is nearly half a second slower.
Lyles didn’t say he would break it. He didn’t need to. Anyone watching the exchange understands what June 16 in Ostrava is about.
New wife. New season. Old habits. The world record has a name on it already — Lyles just hasn’t run it yet.