Noah Lyles will race for his second Olympic gold medal despite finishing runner-up in the 200-meter semifinal, his first loss at that distance in three years.
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles admits he thought Kishane Thompson had crossed the finish line first in the Men's 100m final at the Paris games.
SAINT-DENIS, France -- Noah Lyles will race for his second Olympic gold medal despite finishing runner-up Wednesday in the 200-meter semifinal, his first loss at that distance in three years. Letsile Tebogo of Botswana finished the heat in 19.96 seconds, beating Lyles by .12 and marking the first time the American has lost a 200 of any kind since he finished third at the Tokyo Games.
It opened up a 24-hour period to debate and discuss the meaning of the second-place finish, which still earned Lyles an automatic qualifying spot in Thursday night's final but could have him running the curve from a less-than-ideal lane.Last weekend, Lyles notably lost both his opening heat and the semifinal round of the 100, before coming back to eke out a .005-second victory over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the final.
- Was Lyles taking it easy, even after conceding he had had been a bit unprepared for the challenges he would face in the early rounds after opening the Games with second-place finish in the 100 meters?Among those waiting for him in the final will be Kenny Bednarek, the American who came within .06 of Lyles earlier this summer at Olympic trials.
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