Matthew Hudson-Smith reveals he GHOSTED his former house-mate Noah Lyles... after the 100m Olympic champion texted him before the Team GB star claimed silver in the 400m

Matthew Hudson-Smith has revealed that he ghosted Noah Lyles, aft nan American prima messaged him up of past night's 400m race. 

The Team GB star antecedently lived pinch nan 100m Olympic champion and their relative Josephus successful nan United States and built a beardown friendship, which led to Hudson-Smith being described arsenic nan 'third Lyles brother'. 

Hudson-Smith came agonisingly adjacent connected Wednesday nighttime to picking up Team GB's first way and section golden badge astatine nan Paris Olympics.

He raced distant into nan lead, but a superb precocious surge from Quincy Hall handed nan golden badge to Lyles' American team-mate. Hudson-Smith collapsed down successful tears aft nan title which he mislaid by conscionable 0.04 seconds. 

Speaking to Eurosport this morning, nan 29-year-old Brit was asked astir his erstwhile house-mate.    

When asked if he has had immoderate messages from Lyles, he responded: 'I'm going to spot him aft this probably. 

'He messaged maine beforehand and it was well, I didn't publication it because I was conscionable truthful focussed pinch nan task astatine hand. I still haven't had a chance to publication it.'

When told that it's 'pretty large time' to shade Lyles, he responded: 'I know, man.'

Eurosport presenter Orla Chennaoui past went connected to explicate really Hudson-Smith and Lyles cognize each other, and mentioned a bath wont that nan American said nan British prima had erstwhile they lived together. 

Chennaoui said: 'We should explicate that Matthew utilized to roommate pinch Noah Lyles, you shared a location successful America. 

'He did opportunity that 1 of nan things he learned from his clip surviving pinch you is that you don't swipe your feet erstwhile you time off nan bath and truthful nan carpet conscionable extracurricular nan bath is ever really wet. Have you learned to swipe your feet yet Matthew?'

Hudson-Smith joked: 'Why is he baiting maine out, man? Nah I could bait him retired truthful overmuch but no, he's a world superstar guys, sewage to time off immoderate mystery.'

Ahead of Wednesday's 400m race, Lyles said that he was 'voting' for Hudson-Smith to triumph nan golden medal. 

Hudson-Smith moved to Florida successful 2017 aft deciding that he was getting complacent successful England. 

He moved to nan United States to train nether Lance Brauman, who that aforesaid year, took connected an up-and-coming 2016 US inferior champion successful Lyles.  

Telling nan communicative of really Hudson-Smith moved into his location successful Florida, he told nan Press Association: 'Me and my relative bought a house. He didn't really want to do nan flat thing, and I was conscionable like, 'Well, why don't you travel and unrecorded pinch maine and Josephus conscionable for a small while? We person an other room.'

'And he was like, 'oh yeah!' So he was surviving pinch us. I learned a batch astir Matt successful that 1 year. I learned that he does not for illustration to swipe disconnected his feet earlier he leaves nan bathroom, truthful nan carpet from nan bath from his room is ever going to beryllium bedewed and he loves to trim it very, very adjacent erstwhile leaving for practice.

'I besides learned that astatine nan extremity of nan time he is conscionable a goofy guy, he conscionable likes to person fun. He's carefree. I retrieve his favourite saying, 'it is what it is', and I would ever beryllium like, 'what nan heck does that mean, Matt?'

'I'm carefree but not to nan constituent wherever I don't person immoderate type of plan, and sometimes he'd conscionable spell retired for hours. I'd beryllium like, 'Where person you been?' and he'd go, 'Oh! I'm conscionable stepping around.'