Lyles sets up shot at Olympic sprint double in 200m

American Noah Lyles has nan chance to go nan first man since Usain Bolt to complete an Olympic sprint double aft qualifying for nan 200m last astatine Paris 2024.

Lyles won 100m golden by five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson successful a melodramatic photograph decorativeness connected Sunday.

The 27-year-old, victor of 3 golds astatine past year's World Championships, vanished 2nd successful his semi-final successful 20.08 seconds to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.

World 100m metallic and 200m bronze medallist Tebogo group nan fastest clip of nan information astatine Stade de France connected Wednesday evening, clocking 19.96secs.

The Olympic men's 200m last takes spot connected Thursday astatine 19:30 BST.

Kenneth Bednarek, of nan United States, besides group a faster clip than Lyles, successful 20.00, while compatriot Erriyon Knighton, who upgraded to world 200m metallic past year, besides safely progressed.

But Canada's Andre de Grasse will not take sides his title successful nan last aft finishing 3rd successful his title (20.41).

The Olympic 200m bronze victor 3 years ago, Lyles claimed world 100m, 200m and 4x100m golden successful Budapest past year.

Following that achievement, erstwhile he became nan first man since Bolt successful 2015 to complete a 100m and 200m world double, he claimed he could look to adhd nan 4x400m relay title to that treble haul successful Paris.

Jamaican sprint fable Bolt completed individual sprint doubles astatine 3 successive Olympic Games among his 8 titles, adding relay golden successful 2012 and 2016.

Only 9 men person achieved that double successful nan history of nan Games.

Lyles became nan first American to triumph an Olympic 100m title for 20 years, since Justin Gatlin successful 2004, pinch his constrictive 100m triumph.

A three-time reigning world 200m champion, he will statement up arsenic favourite arsenic he looks to further asseverate himself arsenic nan ascendant antheral sprinter of nan existent generation.

Elsewhere during Wednesday's evening session, Great Britain's Amber Anning reached nan last of nan women's 400m.

Olympic debutant Anning, 23, vanished 2nd successful her semi-final successful a individual champion of 49.47.

However, team-mates Laviai Nielsen (50.69) and Victoria Ohuruogu (51.14) missed out.

Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke was among nan different qualifiers for that final, which takes spot connected Friday astatine 19:00.

Team GB's Alastair Chalmers exited nan men’s 400m hurdles aft suffering a autumn successful his semi-final.

Norway's world grounds holder Karsten Warholm qualified fastest for nan last successful 47.67.

Tade Ojora was incapable to scope nan men’s 110m hurdles final, finishing seventh successful his heat.

American three-time world champion Grant Holloway recorded nan fastest clip successful 12.98 arsenic he seeks to upgrade his Tokyo silver.