Lyles returns, Wightman and Fisher in 2000m clash in Boston

Noah Lyles will return to Boston to race at his eighth New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, while Jake Wightman will take on Grant Fisher in a 2000m clash during the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting on 24 January.

Lyles will compete in Boston following a 2025 campaign that began with a fourth consecutive 60m victory at the indoor meeting and ended with a fourth successive world 200m title. He also claimed bronze in the 100m and anchored the US team to gold in the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.

In an exciting clash of athletes stepping up and down in distance, the men’s 2000m will be headlined by Great Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman and USA’s Olympic 5000m and 10,000m bronze medallist Grant Fisher.

Having missed major championships in 2023 and 2024 due to injuries, Wightman roared back to form this year, claiming world 1500m silver in Tokyo. Fisher’s achievements in 2025 included world records in the short track 3000m and 5000m.

Also returning to the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix will be Elle St. Pierre, the North American record-holder in the 3000m and short track mile.

St. Pierre, a native of nearby Vermont, won 3000m gold at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, two years after securing silver in the same event in Belgrade.

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