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To replace Usain Bolt, Noah Lyles hopes to win a lot of medals at the Olympics.
Lyles won three gold medals at the world championships in Budapest last year—the 100, 200, and 4x100m relay. This was a significant step in realizing his dream. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, went so far as to call Lyles, whose contract extension with Adidas this season was the largest since Bolt's with Puma, a "complete rock star." Netflix's documentary series "Sprint" follows the 27-year-old American rapper, who is more of a dreadlocked rapper than a rock star. The series follows his efforts in the Hungarian capital. It brought the confident Lyles up and center, as he seems more than prepared to reintroduce the song into the general audience. His audacity was audible to all with a plethora of memorable soundbites. "The mindset of a deity" In "Sprint," Lyles stated that in order to be a great sprinter, one must possess the mentality of a deity. "I firmly believe that the moment was meant for me, not for anyone else." Even if a lot of commentators maintain that such a mindset is not unusual for professional sportsmen, there's no denying that his blatant disregard for the opinions of others irritates a lot of people. This includes a large number of NBA basketball players and their supporters, who take offense at Lyles's questioning of their legitimacy as "world champions." In any case, Lyles will be the subject of cameras once more in Paris as he looks to build on his performance from the Tokyo Games, where he finished with a bronze in the 200m. After winning the 100 meters at the London Diamond League last weekend with a personal best time of 9.81 seconds against a slight headwind, Lyles commented, "That bronze still burns a hole in my chest." "To serve as a reminder that this is not the color we are returning with, I will be carrying it around during Paris."…