Noah Lyles makes 200-meter semifinals in sprint triple quest - ESPN

SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles wants the world to know this: He is far from done.

One day after earning his first Olympic gold medal in a thrilling 100-meter final, the American speedster continued his quest to pull off the rare accomplishment of winning three golds in three sprint events at a single Games.

«I ain't going to lie, I feel pretty jacked up,» Lyles said about running Monday night at Stade de France, 22 hours after his medal-worthy race. «Me and my coach knew that we were going to come in and it was going to be a race where we're really going to just have to play it by ear.

»He said 'top-2.' In my heart I said 'top-1.'"

The «fastest man in the world» ended up listening to his gut, winning the 200's final heat of the night in 20.19 seconds. He advances to Wednesday night's semifinal. Lyles hit an extra gear abbot 110 meters into the race, allowing him to pull away down the straightaway before easing into the finish.

«That race I'd say got out, as a say, a lot of the gunk out of the body — adhesions, tenderness, that sort of stuff,» Lyles said. «So it was very needed. I could have dealt with a day before we started racing.»

Lyles, said there were few celebrations during his gold-medal night. He spent it speaking with media, fulfilling a mandatory post-race drug test, and slipping into boyfriend mode.

Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he admits owing her a real vacation after the Olympics, he conducted an important act of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.

Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles said Bromfield let him know she had accidentally left her running spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the