NOAH LYLES

In some ways, track and field served up a tantalizing preview of what’s to come next year at the Paris Olympics.

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles anchored the U.S. to back-to-back victories in the 4x100 relays, giving the Americans a sweep of the relays at world championships for the first time since 2007.

Noah Lyles won the 200-meter world title in 19.52 seconds, becoming the first man to complete the 100-200 sprint double at worlds since Usain Bolt did it for the third and final time back in 2015.

A collision involving a cart carrying Noah Lyles and his opponents in the 200-meter semifinals at world championships sent glass shards flying into the right eye of Jamaica’s Andrew Hudson, forcing him to race with blurred vision.

Britain’s Josh Kerr pulled off the biggest upset of the world championships, outrunning heavily favored Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway to the line for a win in the 1,500 meters.

Noah Lyles captured the 100-meter world championship by finishing in 9.83 seconds for a victory that reshuffled the deck for next year’s Olympics and cements him as the world’s No. 1 sprinter.

Ryan Crouser defended his shot put title at the world championships with an improbable performance.

American sprinters Noah Lyles and Fred Kerley are bringing some smack talk and even a bit of fun back to track just in time for the run-up to next year's Paris Olympics.

Dolly Parton and NBCUniversal collaboarte on music video for "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" to promote one year until the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100 meters in 10.82 seconds Friday night to capture the U.S. championships title two years after having her national title stripped because of a doping violation.

As we embark down the road to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, NBC Sports is creating a new monthly program – Chasing Gold: Paris 2024 — that will immerse viewers in the world of the Olympic and Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the next Summer Games.

Noah Lyles led wire to wire and routed the field in the 200 meters Thursday in 19.31 seconds, the third-fastest time ever, to lead America’s second sprint sweep at world championships.

Noah Lyles celebrated his 25th birthday by running the fastest time in 200-meter qualifying at world championships, a 19.98-second romp that he punctuated by playfully wagging his finger at the six other sprinters straggling behind.

Ryan Blaney won for the second consecutive week when the race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway ended under caution in overtime with a typical fiery finish.

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah bested her gold-medal winning time in Tokyo at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, and Sha’Carri Richardson finished last in her return to the track after controversy.

It has been a while since the U.S. men's team hasn't won the 100m or 200m gold medal and there's a good reason for it.

Erriyon Knighton reacts to his performance in the men’s 200 final.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica has won the 200-meter gold medal to complete her second straight Olympic sprint sweep.

Noah Lyles advanced with the top time to the semifinals of the men's 200m, taking another step toward the gold medal.

Allyson Felix is headed to her fifth Olympics.

The reigning world champion will get his first shot at winning Olympic 200m gold.

Finals in men's 200m, women's 400m hurdles, men's 1500m and women's 800m; heptathlon 800m; and more from Day 10 of U.S. Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field.

Noah Lyles won the 200 meters at the U.S. track and field trials, earning a spot on the Olympic team.

Erriyon Knighton, a 17-year-old from Florida, turned in the fastest time in the semifinal round of the 200 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

Hillary Bor made his second Olympic team with a victory in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Sprinter Noah Lyles raised a gloved first before the 100-meter final at the Olympic track and field trials.

Valarie Allman won the discus at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials and earned a spot at the Tokyo Games.

(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)GENEVA In a track and field season almost entirely wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, athletes and organizers are setting new marks in creativity. On Thursday, the storied Weltklasse meet will broadcast near-live from Zurich in an ambitious mix of social distancing and technological innovation. If this is what the new normal is for this period then lets attack it full on, the reigning Olympic and world champion said. Simply running on an actual track surface Felix in California, Taylor in Florida will be different with training facilities closed during the pandemic. Four months in the planning, the most complete track meet of the outdoor season is not expected to be a template for the near future.