Noah Lyles Denies Anthony Edwards 'Rumor' amid Viral Remark about Adidas Shoes, Event

Noah Lyles is setting the record straight.

The 100m gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics denied a rumor that he turned down a chance to attend Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards' shoe release in 2023 due to Edwards not having won a championship yet.

Lyles said his absence was due to a scheduling conflict and that Edwards "definitely deserves his shoes" and that he is an "amazing player." He also congratulated Edwards for winning the gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics.

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In an interview with Sean Gregory of Time which published in June, Lyles—who had been in contract negotiations with Adidas—discussed being invited to an Adidas shoe-release event for Edwards

"You want to do what? You want to invite me to [an event for] a man who has not even been to an NBA Finals? In a sport that you don't even care about? And you're giving him a shoe? No disrespect: the man is an amazing athlete. He is having a heck of a year. I love that they saw the insight to give him a shoe, because they saw that he was going to be big. All I'm asking is, 'How could you not see that for me?'"

This situation was widely talked about during his and Team USA's Olympic runs this year. Lyles won a gold and a bronze at the 2024 games and the U.S. men's basketball team earned a fifth-consecutive gold medal with an undefeated run in its Olympic slate.

Team USA appeared to reference Lyles' comments after winning the gold medal, stating "are we World Champs now?" in a post on X.

Lyles' comments about Edwards we critically received, and his denial of it shows that he likely desires putting it all in the past.