“Focus on career? What a lousy lie! » Junelle Bromfield DENOUNCES Noah Lyles for using his career as an excuse to delay their marriage

By the Grok Athletics editorial team November 22, 2025 – Las Vegas, United States

It’s an explosion that shakes the world of athletics. Junelle Bromfield, 28, Jamaican sprinter and fiancée of Noah Lyles since October 2024, broke her silence in a devastating Instagram post this Friday morning. At 9:17 a.m. local time, from their suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas – where the couple is on a “surprise vacation” – she dropped a bombshell that ignited social networks: “Focus on career? What a lousy lie! You’ve been using your career as an excuse to delay our wedding for a year. I deserve better than empty promises. »

The words click like a 100m start. In one hour, the post accumulated 3.2 million likes, 1.5 million shares and 800,000 comments. #JunelleSpeaks and #NoahLies explode into global trends, with rabid fans accusing Lyles of “betraying the love for medals.” The sprinter, Olympic bronze in the 4x400m relay at Tokyo 2020 and multiple world medalist, did not mince her words. In a series of stories and a 12-minute live, she “exposes” a series of secrets and sensational rumors: the incessant interference of Noah’s family, recurring arguments, and a wedding postponed repeatedly under the pretext of “focusing on the 2028 Olympics”.

“We got engaged 13 months ago, under the lights of Paris after her gold medals,” says Junelle, her eyes red with tears. “I said yes to a man who promised me eternity. But since then, it’s been excuse after excuse. ‘Focus on career,’ he says. As if my training in Kingston wasn’t as hard as his training in Orlando. As if I hadn’t sacrificed my own dreams to support him. » She posts screenshots of messages: one from Noah in February 2025 (“Baby, we’re postponing the wedding until 2026, the Trials are coming”), another in July (“The season is too intense, we’ll talk about it again after Tokyo”). “It’s a lousy lie,” she asserts. “The truth? His family. His mother, Keisha, who sees me as a ‘Jamaican distraction’. His brother Josephus, who privately pesters me to ‘let Noah concentrate’. They’ve been interfering from the start. »

The sensational rumors that she “exposes” have the effect of an explosion. According to Junelle, the Lyles family – ultra-protective, especially after Noah’s asthma attacks and depression as a child – sees her as a threat to their career. “They say I’m ‘too Jamaican,’ that I don’t understand his ‘American sacrifice,’” she reveals, citing anonymous WhatsApp messages from numbers linked to the family. A particularly explosive rumor: during a family dinner in December 2024, Noah’s mother reportedly declared: “Marriage can wait. Medals can’t. » Junelle also claims to have been pressured to sign a “humiliating” prenuptial agreement, demanding that she give up her sporting ambitions to “support Noah 100%”. “I refused. And since then, it has been the Cold War. »

The fans are furious. On X, #BoycottNoahLyles climbs with 2 million posts: “He runs faster than sound, but not faster than his lies,” tweets a Jamaican supporter. Allyson Felix, athletics legend, reacts in a story: “Junelle, you deserve a partner who runs alongside you, not one who leaves you behind. Strength to you. » Even Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Lyles’ track rival, comments: “True champions elevate their partners, not bury them.” » In Kingston, spontaneous demonstrations brought together 500 fans in front of Junelle’s training center, with signs: “Wedding or not, Junelle is our queen!” »

Noah Lyles, 28 years old, king of the 100m with his Olympic gold in Paris 2024 (9.79 s), has not yet reacted publicly. His PR team released a terse statement: “Noah and Junelle are going through a difficult time. They ask for privacy. » But sources close to the couple, contacted byEssence, confirm the tensions: the Lyles family, led by mother Keisha Caine-Bishop (former university sprinter), sees in Junelle an “outside influence” who could “distract” Noah from his goals for LA 2028. Josephus, brother and co-coach, even suggested a break to “refocus Noah on America first”. Rumors of a “forced” engagement for the post-Olympics image are circulating, fueled by leaked messages where Noah admits: “Mom says marriage is a risk for my records. »

Junelle, for her part, remains stoic in her live performance: “I ran for my country, for my dreams. I will run for my heart too. If Noah chooses his career, I choose my dignity. » She announces a break from the networks and a return to training in Kingston, with a poignant appeal: “To women athletes, don’t let a man make you doubt your worth. We deserve partners who sprint with us, not who leave us in the dust. »

This clash is not just a romantic breakup; it’s a cultural earthquake. Noah, African-American icon, and Junelle, Jamaican pride, embodied the multicultural power-athlete couple. Their engagement, with its anime and Jamaican themes for a spring 2026 wedding, was the stuff of dreams. Today, he exposes the fractures: family pressure, latent racism, and the cost of Olympic ambitions on love.

Enraged fans launched a petition: “Noah, marry her or free her!” » with 1.8 million signatures in 12 hours. Liverpool and the sponsors (Nike, Puma) are silently observing, but boycotts are looming. In this world of sprinters, where every second counts, Junelle has just won the hardest race: that of truth.

It remains to be seen whether Noah will accelerate to catch up with her… or if the “focus on career” will be his biggest false start.