About two months before his historic photo finish to win the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, American Noah Lyles essentially called his shot. Lyles was coming off the best race of his career, a 9.85-second 100-meter dash at the Racers Grand Prix on June 2. But that wasn’t good enough for first place. Instead, first place went to Jamaica’s Oblique Seville, who clocked a 9.82. Even knowing the Olympics were coming up, Lyles didn’t seem stressed at all. In fact, he seemed motivated and energized. And he made a promise of sorts. “I say every year, when I get beat …