10-07-2020 11:09 via theguardian.com

Noah Lyles smashes Bolt's 200m record – then discovers he only ran 185m

Lyles’ 18.90 seconds appeared to break Bolt’s 19.19s world recordRace organisers started 200m world champion in the wrong laneNoah Lyles was denied a new 200 metres world record in the Inspiration Games after it was revealed he ran only 185m due to a blunder by the organisers.The 22-year-old’s 200m world champion’s time of 18.90 seconds on Thursday would have usurped the 19.19-second mark set by Jamaican great Usain Bolt in 2009."That CANNOT be right, can it?"At first gla
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