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Noah Lyles, the brash American with dreams of Olympic gold in Paris, rarely cedes the spotlight.
He is, after all, the biggest star in what historically has been track and field’s most high-profile event, the men’s 100-meter dash. But ahead of the Olympic final on Sunday, he is also enough of a realist to acknowledge that the race no longer has the cachet it once did.