100m world champion sprinter pulls out iconic Yu-Gi-Oh card before Olympic trial NBC \/ Gallop100m World Champion Noah Lyles has drawn significant attention online after pulling out one of Yu-Gi-Oh!\u2018s most iconic cards, just moments before a competitive race. Lyles was featured at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, where he competed in both the 100m and 200m races. As the camera panned across to him just before the starting gun of the opening round of the 100m, Lyles drew a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his running attire. Obviously intended as a light-hearted stunt, Lyles\u2019 choice to show the card has drawn significant praise from certain corners of the TCG\u2019s fandom. In particular, his decision to use the original Blue-Eyes card art has led many to believe he is a longtime fan. In response to NBC\u2018s post sharing the now-viral clip, many shared their thoughts. One said, \u201cPulling out a Yu Gi Oh card is an aura you just can\u2019t manufacture. It comes from within. Inborn aura.\u201d Another added their belief that moments like this humanize athletes to the general public, saying, \u201cLove it when athletes show a little bit of that inner nerd. I love those \u2018press events\u2019 they got in MMA and other combat sports where they will sometimes show up in Street Fighter cosplay. A little whimsy never kills your character if you carry it with confidence.\u201d A third simply expressed incredulity that he is allowed to carry the card into a race in the first place, saying, \u201cDamn. You\u2019re allowed to have a Yu-Gi-Oh in your pocket when you race? That\u2019s a wild play. Hahaha\u201d Lyles followed it up the very next day with another Yu-Gi-Oh card pull on his way to qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. This isn\u2019t the first time Lyles has drawn attention for his antics during competition periods. In September 2023, Lyles commented on the propensity to label US champions as World Champions in basketball and other sports, despite only competing against North American teams. \u201cYou know what hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have \u2018world champion\u2019 on their head. World champion of what? The United States?\u201d said Lyles. \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong. I love the US, at times, but that ain\u2019t the world. That is not the world. We are the world. We have almost every country out here fighting, thriving, putting on their flag to show that they are represented. There ain\u2019t no flags in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
100m world champion sprinter pulls out iconic Yu-Gi-Oh card before Olympic trial NBC \/ Gallop100m World Champion Noah Lyles has drawn significant attention online after pulling out one of Yu-Gi-Oh!\u2018s most iconic cards, just moments before a competitive race. Lyles was featured at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, where he competed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}