Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles has canceled his much-anticipated showdown with Miami Dolphins large receiver Tyreek Hill attributable to “private causes.”
Hill had challenged Lyles to a 50-yard race days after the American sprinter received gold within the 100 meters on the Paris Video games final yr.
Lyles stated that plans have been to carry the race in opposition to Hill this weekend in New York’s Occasions Sq..
“We have been very deep into creating the occasion,” Lyles instructed reporters on the Stagwell World Sport Seaside occasion in Cannes, France. “In reality, it was presupposed to occur this weekend.
“Sadly, there have been some issues, problems, private causes that it simply did not come to go, however we have been full on. We have been going to close down New York’s Occasions Sq. and all the pieces, it was going to be a variety of enjoyable.”
Hill has boasted that he may beat Lyles in a race, resulting in loads of trash speak between the 2 males.
When Lyles received his fourth consecutive 60-meter indoor title in February, he playfully tore off his race bib to disclose a scrawled message: “Tyreek Might By no means.”
Hill, a two-time state monitor champion in highschool, ran a 100-meter prelim in a personal-best time of 10.15 seconds in Sherman Oaks, California, final Friday and playfully responded to Lyles by holding a handwritten signal that learn, “Noah Might By no means.”
Hill trolled Lyles on Tuesday by posting a meme to X in response to information of the race’s cancelation.
. @LylesNoah after seeing me run the 100m final weekend pic.twitter.com/FionU2x3Mx
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) June 17, 2025
Lyles stated many individuals, together with potential sponsors, thought the deliberate race in opposition to Hill was all simply speak.
“Lots of people did not consider it to be true. They thought it was simply, ‘Oh, that is simply them speaking on-line,'” Lyles stated. “The businesses did not consider it is actual.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
