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Noah Lyles has recounted his hilariously awkward first date with fiancée Junelle Bromfield, proving love can bloom unexpectedly.
Noah Lyles and his fiancée Junelle Bromfield may be sprinting royalty now but their love story started with all the grace of a stumble out of the starting blocks.
As the world watches them bask in the glow of their engagement, it is hard to imagine that this golden couple’s romance had one of the most hilariously awkward first dates in history.
The year was 2018.
Lyles, now celebrated as the world’s fastest man after his recent 100m gold in Paris, was then a rising star in track and field.
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Bromfield, a Jamaican sprinter known for her prowess on the track, had reached out to him a year earlier in 2017.
But when the two finally decided to meet for the first time, sparks didn’t exactly fly—at least not in the way you’d expect.
“I pick her up in my car. I’m excited … I got my all-white Beamer [at the time],” Lyles reminisced during an appearance on the Fast Lane Lifestyle podcast.
“I pick her up from the airport—dead silent. No words, no talk.”
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Yes, the future world’s fastest man had seemingly been left tongue-tied by the woman who would later steal his heart.
Bromfield, too, remembered the awkwardness vividly.
“We went on a [first] date and it was like, ‘Nah, let’s just be friends,’” she said with a laugh on the same podcast.
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For four long years, the pair remained just that—friends.
Lyles may have sprinted past the competition on the track, but when it came to romance, it seemed he was pacing himself.
Bromfield moved on, and so did Lyles, but fate wasn’t done with them just yet.
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Fast forward to 2022, and the stars aligned once more. This time, Lyles made the effort to visit Bromfield in New York, reigniting a connection that had always been there but had needed time to grow.
Their friendship blossomed into something more, proving that love can sometimes be a marathon, not a sprint.
By October 2024, Lyles had sealed the deal, proposing to Bromfield in a moment fans had been eagerly waiting for.
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Their relationship, built on years of camaraderie and understanding, had finally reached the finish line of friendship and entered the exhilarating race of love.
What makes their story so delightful is the humor and humility with which both Lyles and Bromfield recount their journey.
From the hilariously bad first date to their eventual happily ever after, their relationship serves as a reminder that even the world’s best athletes can fumble when it comes to matters of the heart.
Fans have watched their love grow from tentative beginnings into a partnership built on mutual respect, shared goals, and plenty of laughs.
It’s a love story with the kind of twists and turns that only real life can offer—made all the more charming by Lyles and Bromfield’s openness about their less-than-perfect start.
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