Olympic Runner Noah Lyles Reveals He Grew Up in a “Very Strict” Family

Noah Lyles he thinks about his family history.

The Olympic athlete, who won a gold and bronze medal at the Paris 2024 games, detailed his religious upbringing in what he described as a “cult.”

“Actually, I grew up in a religious faith,” he said Everyone Wants To Be Like Us podcast with laughter Aug. 12. “Well, it wasn’t—there was it was cult, it wasn’t just to the point of, ‘Yeah, okay, we’re going to drink the Kool-Aid.’ But it was very tight. “

The 27-year-old, who made headlines for winning a bronze medal in the 200m race after testing positive for COVID, went on to explain some of the federation’s undisclosed rules.

“All mothers had to teach their children at home and the father was the head of the household,” he explained. “The church has told you who you can date and who you can’t date. If you are married, it should have happened to us, that kind of behavior.”

However, in the end his family—including his parents Kevin Lyles again Keisha Caine– he decided to leave nature.