Sprinting needs another hero and Noah Lyles of the US puts up his hand | Sean Ingle

American prospect will be on a British track for the first time in Birmingham on Friday evening and contesting the 100 metres

The king is dead. Long live the king? With Usain Bolt retired, athletics needs a new sprint hero. The brilliant young American Noah Lyles reckons he has the talent and charisma to fill some of the 6ft 5in hole left by the Jamaican.

“I want to transcend the sport,” says Lyles, who runs in Britain for the first time at the Birmingham grand prix on Saturday. “Track and field in America isn’t that big until the Olympics comes around and I want to change that.”

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