Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield have been dating for almost two years now.

Noah Lyles' girlfriend Junelle Bromfield responds after facing criticism over keeping the American updated about Jamaican track athletes

Modified Jul 17, 2024 14:10 GMT

Junelle Bromfield has responded to her critics after her boyfriend and American sprinter Noah Lyles came under fire for his comments on the rival Jamaican camp.

In an interview on Colin Waitzman's Track World News, Lyles spoke about his relationship with Jamaican 400-meter runner Bromfield and stated that he has learned a lot about the Jamaican track camps in the last five years.

"Junelle being Jamaican and having trained in MVP, I have been getting the drama from the Jamaican camp at least five years now. There is a lot of times I make references about Jamaicans but I am not trying to go back and forth, like I know information that other people don't," Lyles stated.

Following his comments, fans on social media accused Bromfield of secretly giving inside information to her boyfriend Lyles. After criticism from all corners, she took to social media to respond to the allegation.

Instead of defending herself or Lyles, she just took a dig at her critics.

"Living my best life because all these insult in the comments ain’t paying for these business class flight!!!" she wrote on her Instagram stories.

Screenshot of Junelle Bromfield's Instagram story

Noah Lyles gears up for London Diamond League ahead of Paris Olympics

Noah Lyles at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

The London Diamond League is set to be a very competitive affair, especially in the men’s 100m. It is the 10th meeting of the 2024 Diamond League series and is the final event before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

All three 2023 World Championships medalists — American Noah Lyles, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, and Brit Zharnel Hughes — are set to go toe-to-toe before the quadrennial event in France.

Lyles heads into the event with confidence, while Tebogo and Hughes will be wanting to right some wrong. The American won the world title in a personal best time of 9.83 seconds in August last year, with Tebogo and Hughes finishing second and third, respectively.

The 26-year-old will also be eager to impress after pulling out of the Monaco Diamond League recently. He brushed aside any injury fears by stating that the decision to not compete at Stade Louis II was taken to ensure he stayed in perfect shape heading into the Summer Games.

"In order to put myself in the best possible position to succeed in Paris, we have decided to spend an extra week at our training base in Florida before traveling to Europe. I'll miss competing there [Monaco], but I look forward to returning to race in Monaco next year," his team said in a public statement.

Lyles will be in action at the London Stadium on July 20, just six days before the opening ceremony in Paris, and will be hoping to gather some momentum in his fight to win a maiden Olympic gold medal.