American star Noah Lyles, who left the track in a wheelchair after winning bronze in the 200 meters final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, competed after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Noah Lyles revealed that he tested positive for COVID at five a. m. Tuesday morning, Paris time. “He kept it close to the vest. ” He didn’t need the competition to know that he was sick. His mother and his medical staff knew he had it. He has quarantined himself in a hotel for the past few nights. He’s going to run anyway pic. twitter. com/ekIGhxmPvp
Lyles, visibly exhausted, sat on the track after finishing the race and got medical attention after the finish line.
Noah Lyles gassed after the medical team from the 200-meter final came to check on him after the race ? pic. twitter. com/uVpjQ1y7Me
Lyles finished Thursday’s race in 19. 70 seconds, only his American teammate Kenny Bednarek, who won silver, and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, who won gold.
LETSILE TEBOGO WINS THE MEN’S 200M FOR BOTSWANA! ?? #ParisOlympics pic. twitter. com/jL9jm4bTKZ
Although Lyles won bronze, ESPN’s Coley Harvey reported that he earned a yellow card for violating technical rule 7. 1, which falls as “misconduct. “It is not yet clear why he won this penalty.
Lyles put in an impressive performance in his second Olympics. Last week, the 27-year-old gave the United States its first gold medal in the 100m since 2004, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a photo final. Lyles finished with a 9. 784 privateer while Thompson finished with a time of 9. 789.
Thursday’s bronze medal gives him his second medal of this year’s Games and the third of his Olympic career, having also won bronze in the two hundred meters in Tokyo in 2021.
Lyles was scheduled to compete with the men’s 4×100-meter relay team on Thursday morning, but missed the match as the team advanced to the finals. It is unclear if he will compete with them in the future.