The men’s 200 meters in Tokyo is gearing up for a breathtaking final chapter. With the stalwarts of the game taking the spotlight, a question hangs over the possibility of a reunion that echoed last summer in Paris. Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, and Kenny Bednarek each advanced to the semi-finals on September 17 at the World Championships.

Lyles, the reigning world champion, appeared untroubled in heat four. He clocked 19.99 and easily progressed to the next round. “The body is feeling good and definitely waking up,” he explained afterward. “The goal here was to blast through the first 100m and I got that done.” Bednarek, one of his fiercest domestic rivals, followed in kind, finishing his heat in 19.98. Letsile Tebogo made sure to prove his grit as the reigning Olympic champ by

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