Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - The Inspiration Games - Karlstad, Sweden - July 9, 2020. Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson during the women's pole vault competition . TT News Agency/Erik Simander via REUTERS
(Reuters) - An ambitious attempt to held a high-tech athletics meeting with runners in different stadiums ran into problems on Thursday when world champion Noah Lyles ran too short a distance in the 200 metres event.
Lyles, running in Florida, completed the race at the Inspiration Games in an eye-watering 18.90 seconds -- which would have smashed Usain Bolt's world record of 19.19 seconds and his own personal best time of 19.50.
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