OSTRAVA: US sprinter Noah Lyles set the world’s best ever time over the rarely-run 150 metres on Tuesday, clocking 14.67 seconds at the Golden Spike meet in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava.
The 28-year-old Lyles beat the previous best of 14.72sec set by Kishane Thompson of Jamaica in Florida in April.
At Ostrava, Lyles beat Sinesipho Dambile of South Africa with 14.78sec, while Australian teenager Gout Gout finished third in 14.96sec.
Dutch star Femke Broeders-Bol had to bow to in-form Swiss Audrey Werro in her outdoor debut in the 800m.
The 22-year-old Werro won in 1min 54.45sec, half a second behind her personal best from March, after shedding Broeders-Bol with 200 metres to run.
Having set the eighth best time ever, she stayed over a second behind the oldest world record in athletics of 1:53.28 set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova of then-Czechoslovakia.
South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza won the men’s 100m as he equalled his personal best of 9.94sec, beating Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon with 9.99sec.
Published in Dawn, June 18th, 2026