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Olympian Carl Lewis running for NJ Senate
The 49-year-old New Jersey native announced his bid to represent his hometown of Willingboro on Monday.
"When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win," Lewis said outside a historic courthouse in his home county, where he announced his candidacy with his mother and other family members standing nearby.
Lewis said he hopes to inspire people, encourage communities to get together and improve educational opportunities, particularly physical education, for children. He said he'll announce a specific issue-based platform in coming days.
This is his first bid for elected office. In fact, he said he had registered to vote earlier in the day but said he had been registered previously in California and Texas, two states he has recently lived in.
Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals and is considered among the best track and field athletes of all time.
In Los Angeles in 1984, he won gold in the 100 and 200 meters, long jump and 400-meter relay. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he triumphed in the 100 meters and long jump. In the 1992 Games in Barcelona, he took the long jump and anchored the U.S. 400 relay team that won in world record time. He won his fourth straight Olympic gold in the long jump
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USA track legend Carl Lewis discusses why sport 'needs' Noah Lyles to dominate at Olympics
Ever since Usain Bolt hung up the spikes, track and field has been searching for the new face of the sport and might find it this weekend.
Noah Lyles is on a quest to win four gold medals. The American sprinter will run in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, while his status for the 4x400m relay is up in the air (although he is prepping for it).
One may think that it gets boring after a while to see the same person win all the time. Bolt threepeated in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m from 2008 to 2016. (The 2008 4x100m team was eventually disqualified, thanks to a positive test for a banned substance by Jamaican Nesta Carter.)
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Carl Lewis says track and field 'needs' Noah Lyles to take over as the face of the sport.(Getty Images)
However, nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, arguably the last American face of track and field, says there is "no question" that it would be "best for the sport" if Lyles were to take home at least a couple of gold medals from Paris.
"I think the sport needs someone like him that’s a champion. He’s the defending champion, the fastest man in the world right now, and we need someone to grab onto. I think