Lyles and Alfred the targets in world 100m

Olympic champions Noah Lyles and Julien Alfred will take to the track in Tokyo on Saturday for heats of the 100m. Lyles will come under pressure from a top Jamaican duo seeking to break US dominance in the blue riband event. Alfred meanwhile will look to bag another global title for St Lucia, her Olympic […]

Olympic champions Noah Lyles and Julien Alfred will take to the track in Tokyo on Saturday for heats of the 100m.

Lyles will come under pressure from a top Jamaican duo seeking to break US dominance in the blue riband event.

Alfred meanwhile will look to bag another global title for St Lucia, her Olympic gold the first for the tiny Caribbean island.

Although Lyles had a delayed start to the season, both have tasted success on the Diamond League circuit.

Lyles outran Botswana’s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo in that event in the Diamond League finals in Zurich last month.