Israel Olatunde excited for new chapter training with Olympic champion Noah Lyles

Olatunde has already taken Irish men’s 100m sprinting to new heights under the guidance of coach Daniel Kilgallon at Tallaght AC but to go a step further, he felt this move was necessary.

NEW CHAPTER: Israel Olatunde, will next month relocate to Clermont, Florida to train alongside world and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles under the guidance of coach Lance Brauman. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher

To run like the world’s best sprinters, it makes sense to go and train with them. That’s part of the reason the fastest Irishman in history, Israel Olatunde, will next month relocate to Clermont, Florida to train alongside world and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles under the guidance of coach Lance Brauman.

This is a path Irish athletes have walked before, with Jason Smyth and David Gillick both training with Brauman’s PURE Athletics group in the past. For Olatunde, the move has been a possibility ever since he signed with adidas – the group sponsor – near the end of 2022.