American sprint king Noah Lyles mocks NBA winners being called ‘world champions’ after his 100m-200m double at World Championships: ‘US ain’t the world’

• Noah Lyles had a bold statement to make after his impressive 200m victory 
• The American compared his 100m-200m double to an NBA Finals victory
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America’s Noah Lyles said his 100-200 sprint double at the World Championships in Hungary is a bigger achievement than titles in most US sports stars due to his global rivals.

Lyles had a 19.52-second runaway victory in the 200m on Friday night to back up last weekend’s 100m victory and suggested afterwards that American sports are held back by a lack of competition overseas.

‘I have to watch the NBA finals and they have world champion on their heads,’ Lyles said. ‘World champion of what? The United States? Don’t get me wrong. I love the US at times. But that ain’t the world.

‘We are the world. We have almost every country out here fighting and thriving and putting on a…