This comes after he won the gold medal in the 100-meter race earlier this week.
Noah Lyles continued to build his Olympic legacy on Thursday, winning the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter final with a time of 19.70 seconds.
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo upset Lyles in the race to win the gold medal with a time of 19.46 seconds. It was the first time in Olympic history in which a man from Africa won the 200-meter gold medal. Fellow American Kenny Bednarek won the silver medal.was 19.31 seconds heading into the Paris Olympics. He hit this time at the 2022 World Athletics Championship. He captured the bronze medal in the 200-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics.in this race.
If he participates as scheduled, Lyles could add another piece of hardware to his ever-growing collection if the team can place in the top three. His team finished first in their heat on Thursday.Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News.
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