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Noah Lyles may have clinched an Olympic sprint double by the time the women and the men contest their 400 metres hurdles finals, which even he admits are the real glamour events at the Paris Games due to big rivalries. “I think the 400m hurdles men and women are definitely trying to take it (the marquee status),” Lyles said in the run-up. Lyles can get a first-had view if he decides to do so because the women’s race onn Thursday comes an hour after his 200m final where he aims to add to his 100m gold. In the starting blocks will be American Olympic champion and 2022 world champion Sydney McLau…

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