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Noah Lyles Takes Bronze In 200m After Testing Positive For COVID

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Noah Lyles was crowned the World’s Fastest Man last week at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in one of the closest races in Olympic history.
READ: Noah Lyles Captures Olympic Gold Medal For USA In Unreal Photo Finish During 100M Race
But the 200meter event was a different story. Lyles didn’t get off to a great start, but picked up the pace in the middle part of the race. He wasn’t able to catch up to Letsile Tebogo from Botswana however, and finished a disappointing third.
After the race though, he had an explanation for his underwhelming performance: he has COVID.

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (again) annihilates 400m hurdles world record for Olympic gold

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The greatest 400-meter hurdler of all-time has run six world records in her last six championship races.
One of the most anticipated head-to-head matchups of the track and field portion of the 2024 Paris Olympics was Team USA’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and The Netherlands’ Femke Bol in the women’s 400-meter hurdles. McLaughlin-Levrone entered as the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder, whereas Bol won the 2023 world title (when McLaughlin-Levrone didn’t compete due to injury) and is the second-fastest in history.

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Letsile Tebogo wins historic 200-meter Olympic gold over Covid-stricken Noah Lyles

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It’s the first time Lyles has lost in the 200 since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
There will be no sprint double for Noah Lyles.
The Olympic 100-meter champion was unable to win his first Olympic 200-meter gold medal, finishing with a bronze medal behind fellow American Kenny Bednarek and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, whose 19.46-second gold medal performance makes him the fifth-fastest in history.

LETSILE TEBOGO WINS THE MEN’S 200M FOR BOTSWANA! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.

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