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Noah Lyles, the fastest man in the world, and his girlfriend Junelle Bromfield admitted their romance was far from love at first sight.
The Team USA gold medalist and the Jamaican track star recalled their awkward first date during a joint interview last month.
In a resurfaced clip from the ‘Fast Lane Lifestyle’ podcast, they explained why things ‘didn’t click at all’ between them during their initial meeting in 2018.
‘We went on a [first] date and it was like, “Nah, let’s just be friends,”‘ Bromfield explained, noting she jetted into Miami from Jamaica to have dinner with her future boyfriend.
Lyles chimed in, ‘I pick her up in my car. I’m excited … I got my all-white Beamer [at the time]. I pick her up from the airport — dead silent.’
Noah Lyles and his girlfriend Junelle Bromfield said their romance wasn’t love at first sight
They went on their first date in 2018, but decided to remain friends until reconnecting in 2022
‘No words, no talk,’ he added.
Bromfield said she was a ‘little nervous’ during their first meeting.
‘I talk a lot, but I have to be comfortable before I start taking and it was just one day,’ she said, to which Lyles joked, ‘A little? I got like whispers.’
He went on, ‘I took her out to Red Lobster, introduced her to cheddar bay biscuits for the first time. I’m feeding her good.’
However, he explained that they ‘just didn’t click’ and agreed to remain pals.
After a couple of years went by, they reconnected on a night out during the Running Grand, and sparks flew.
Lyles rushed over to Bromfield after winning the 100m final in a time of 9.79 on Sunday
Lyles became the first American in 20 years to have won the men’s 100m at the Paris Games
They eventually made their romance official in 2022, and celebrated their second anniversary earlier this week.
Lyles previously told Us Weekly that he and Bromfield train together, and she even lived with his family in the US.
Their relationship has been in the spotlight after Lyles took home gold in the 100m sprint at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.
He rushed over to Bromfield after emerging victorious from the hotly-contested race, which he won by 0.005 of a second in a time of 9.79.
Lyles narrowly edged out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who took home silver, while fellow American Fred Kerley finished third.
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