Noah Lyles was feeling himself after he won his third-straight 200 metres world title at the athletics world championships in Hungary.
The 26-year-old had just completed the 100m-200m double at the same event and claimed his fifth of what is now six world titles across 100m, 200m and relays.
And the Olympic 200m bronze medallist said what any number of sports fans around the world have said so many times when asked how to boost the profile of the world’s best athletes.
“You know the thing that hurts me the most, is I have to watch the NBA finals and they have ‘world champion’ on they head,” he 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, thriving, putting on their flag to show they are represented. There ain’t no flags in the NBA. We…
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