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Hey, this is something awesome you’re going to want to drop everything for and watch (it’s literally a minute of your time).
Sprinter Noah Lyles — who you may have watched win bronze at the Olympics in Tokyo back in 2020 — broke an American record in the 200m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, with a 19.31-second run that beat Michael Johnson’s record set in … 1996!
But it’s the moment after the race I want to focus on for a moment that was noted by some folks on Twitter, and rightfully so: After he crossed and checked the clock, he walked over and talked to it.
Seriously.
“Really?” he appeared to say, as the unofficial time showed him tying Johnson. He bent over as if it was a child who had just thrown his or her plate of dinner across the room. “Really?”
And as he turned away, it was official: A 19.31 run. An American record. He knelt down to pray, then celebrated by taking his singlet mostly off.
A super amazing run. An incredible sequence after. A record long held, smashed. I love every second and I hope you do too.
Quick hits: Rams’ Super Bowl rings! … Someone thinks Shohei Ohtani could be traded? … Fantasy football SZN is coming … and more.
— The Rams’ Super Bowl rings are so cool.
— Shohei Ohtani … traded? That’s one prediction someone made.
— A good question for fantasy football commissioners right now, answered: When is the best time to hold a draft?
— Kurt Busch is hinting at NASCAR retirement.