Noah Lyles reportedly diagnosed with COVID Tuesday and couldn't muster a gold-medal winning performance in the men's 200 meters at the Paris Olympics.
After a thrilling, historic victory in the men’s 100 meters earlier this week, Noah Lyles reportedly was diagnosed with COVID and finished third in the 200-meter final. On Thursday night at the 2024 Summer Games, the American sprinter came up short in the 200, thereby ending his hopes for an Olympic sprint triple. Lyles finished a surprise third in the race amid great hype entering the contest. Letsile Tebogo of Botswana took gold in 19.
Medical personnel wheeled Noah Lyles down a hallway deep beneath the stands at Stade de France. As he was taken by wheelchair for examination, someone asked if he wanted to call his mother. He shook his head. “I just needed some time,” he said. “So they wheeled me off the track. “ A minute later, his mother rushed down the hallway after him. NBC news reported his mother confirmed Lyles was diagnosed with COVID two days earlier but still was committed to running.
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