Noah Lyles fell short Thursday of his goal to win the 100m-200m double gold at the Paris Olympics after capturing the bronze in the 200m final.
, who already earned the title of"World's Fastest Man" at the Paris Olympics, fell short Thursday of his goal to become the first American to win gold in the 100m and 200m sprints since Carl Lewis in 1984.. Botswana's Letsile Tebogo won the gold with a time of 19.46 seconds and the USA's Kenneth Bednarek won the silver finishing with a time of 19.62 seconds.
The 200m is Lyles' premiere, preferred event and he's ranked number one in the world for it. Lyles needed medical attention after the race, but it wasn't clear what was the issue.Lyles is still expected to compete in the men' 4x100m relay final on Friday.Sign up for our free Olympics Headlines newsletter.
The men's sprint double -- where an athlete wins both the 100m and 200m dashes at the same Games -- has been achieved a combined 11 times by nine athletes in the history of the Olympics.Watch the top moments from Day 12 of the Olympics as Team USA captures 8 medals, becoming the only man to record an Olympic sprint double multiple times. Bolt in 2012 also became the first athlete -- male or female -- to ever complete the sprint double at consecutive Games.
Owens, Morrow and Lewis, along with Bolt in both 2012 and 2016, expanded their sprint doubles into triples by winning the 4x100m relay as well.Usain Bolt set the 200m world record with a time of 19.19 seconds at the 2009 World Championships. But Lyles has said How many sprint doubles at an Olympics have there been?
The men's sprint double -- where an athlete wins both the 100m and 200m dashes at the same Games -- has been achieved a combined 11 times by nine athletes in the history of the Olympics., becoming the only man to record an Olympic sprint double multiple times. Bolt in 2012 also became the first athlete -- male or female -- to ever complete the sprint double at consecutive Games.
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