PARIS: Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles said he will mal(e his return to action in the 200m at Friday`s Diamond League in Monaco.

The 27-year-old American ran a 400m in Atlanta in April, but is yet to compete over the 100 or 2OOm this season.

Lyles` season debut in the half-lap race will see him line up against Botswana`s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo.

It will be the duo`s first race since that final in Paris last summer when a Covid-struck Lyles claimed bronze.

Tebogo heads to Monaco as the sprinter to beat.

He set the fastest time of the season over 200m in Eugene on Saturday, in 19.76sec.-AFP