Noah Lyles and a bevy of U.S. sprint test themselves five months before the Tokyo Olympics at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, live on NBC on Saturday from 4-6 p.m. ET.
The annual indoor meet is usually held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. But it’s currently a mass coronavirus vaccination site, so the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island in New York City hosts this year.
Athletes usually start their calendar years with indoor meets in January, February and early March. But significant competitions like the Millrose Games and the USATF Indoor Championships were canceled due to the pandemic, leaving the New Balance Grand Prix as the most prestigious meet on the winter calendar.