Olympic heroes like Noah Lyles are going for the only gold that matters_ The one in League of Legend
Published: December 03, 2025
Noah Lyles is, essentially, a superhero. The sprinter has enough gold medals to his name to establish his own personal Bretton Woods system, and he's just cinched another one—in the men's 100 metres—at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
But whatever, because our man's got his eye on the actual prize: getting past all this running nonsense and getting down to real sport of champions—League of Legends (via NME). Lyles mentioned his passion for League in a recent Twitter exchange. Spanish Olympic canoeist Pau Echaniz tweeted that he wouldn't "get on a canoe until I reach gold," alongside a photo of the League client on a gaming laptop, placed conspicuously next to his Paris bronze medal for the men's kayak single.
No me monto en una piragüa hasta que suba a oro https://t.co/YvoGLWElM4 pic.twitter.com/NCNu7EtOD0August 5, 2024
Lyles was quick to respond: "This bout to be me after the 4x100m," tweeted the athlete. The game's official account was quick to take advantage, tweeting "Fastest man in the world plays League… Rammus main [[link]] confirmed."
Is there a link [[link]] between LoL and athletic performance? Could I too reach peak physical condition by dedicating time to a MOBA? The answer, of course, is yes.
It's not the first time Lyles has outed himself as a League player. Last year he was showing off his League-themed gaming PC on YouTube, and he has a well-documented love of other nerd treasures like Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball Z.
Noah Lyles broke out a Yu-Gi-Oh! card for the second day in a row before his 100m race. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/scKaCoBGgfJune 24, 2024
Which, on the one hand, is great. It's only natural that as videogames become a more ubiquitous thing—an essential part of so many people's childhoods who are now adults—they become more popular among figures like Lyles and other athletes. On the other? I kind of appreciated it when the stereotype was that videogame-likers were all completely out of shape. It made me feel like I had an excuse.
Anyway, the bad news [[link]] is that Lyles had to pull out of the 4x100m after coming down with Covid, which must be kind of crushing. I hope the silver lining is that he'll at least be able to get back to his League career a little faster. America wants its golds. What difference if they're on the racetrack or on Summoner's Rift?
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