Noah Lyles matched Usain Bolt’s record of four consecutive world 200 metre titles as he scorched to victory in Tokyo on Friday.

Lyles, who won bronze in the 100m in the Japanese capital, clocked 19.52sec in what the charismatic American calls his “bread and butter” event.

Lyles roared as he came through the line, raising four fingers to acknowledge his four 200m titles and quickly seeking out his onlooking mother Keisha Caine Bishop in the stands.

Lyles’s teammate Kenny Bednarek took silver in 19.58sec, with Jamaican Bryan Levell claiming bronze in 19.64sec.

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana had to settle for fourth, just a hundredth of a second off a podium place.

Anguilla-born Briton Zharnel Hughes was the other sub-20 sprinter, fifth in 19.78sec.

Bolt won his four titles

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