Social media users were near stunned connected Wednesday arsenic IShowSpeed and Olympian Noah Lyles faced disconnected successful a amazingly adjacent contention for $100k.
The online entertainer hosted Lyles during a livestream connected his YouTube channel, wherever the brace went to a way and faced disconnected implicit 50 meters.
And portion the six-time satellite champion Lyles won successful the end, Speed really led for portion of the contention earlier his rival pulled up successful the last stretch.
Speed initially claimed that the contention was a tie, portion Lyles noted that helium started high-stepping aft taking the lead.
Nonetheless, X users were near highly impressed by Speed's performance.
iShowSpeed amazingly kept up with Noah Lyles for overmuch of the 50 metre race
Lyles yet pulled up of his rival but the contention was person than expected
'Nah the information velocity adjacent came adjacent to beating him is insane,' 1 said.
'Speed deada** could’ve went pro successful aggregate sports,' different said.
A 3rd said, 'It was person than I thought... That's crazy.'
And TMZ Sports' Michael Babcock said, 'Wild. @ishowspeedsui is an elite jock and nary 1 tin person maine differently. Hanging w/ @LylesNoah.'
Ultimately, with wide video grounds from the race, Speed admitted that Lyles 'barely won' earlier the runner pledged to donate the wealth to charity.
Lyles captured the golden medal for the 100m contention astatine the Paris Olympics this past summer
The way prima narrowly claimed golden successful the 100m successful Paris, but was incapable to implicit the treble arsenic helium placed 3rd successful the 200m.
It was aboriginal revealed that helium was battling Covid and ran the contention portion highly ill.
The American recently got engaged to chap Olympian Junelle Bromfield.
Lyles, 27, and Bromfield, 26, person been dating since 2022 aft gathering connected the athletics circuit.