Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- America's Noah Lyles banished the nightmare of his last appearance at the Japan National Stadium. He replaced it with levelling Usain Bolt's record of four consecutive world 200m titles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Friday.

The fleet-footed Lyles sprinted with a touch of fury and struck gold in 19.52s, and became the second athlete after Bolt to accomplish the 200m four-peat. He faced a stern contest from his fellow American Kenneth Bednarek, but eventually outpaced his timing of 19.58s. After his record-breaking feat, he is now eyeing to go past Bolt and get his hands on the fifth gold.

"I can't wait for 2027 to become the only man to win five 200m titles. Today, I didn't have the start I had in th...