Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 metres Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with reporters, Lyles said he had COVID.
Letsile Tebogo, of Botswana, second left, wins the men's 200-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. The first sign of trouble Thursday night came when Noah Lyles started rounding the curve in the Olympic final of the 200 metres -- the sprint that has always been his best race.
"I still wanted to run," Lyles said, wearing a mask, as he spoke to reporters, whose mere congregation in a jam-packed scrum underneath the stadium was unthinkable three years ago at the delayed Tokyo Games. "They said it was possible." Grant Holloway cruised to gold in the 110 hurdles, claiming the Olympic title that eluded him three years ago in his only major-championship loss.Coming into Paris, Lyles, the three-time world champion with the American record and the world's best time of 2024 on his resume, had seemed like as sure a thing in the 200 as any single athlete at track this side of McLaughlin-Levrone.
He drank fluids, rested as much as possible and tried to gear up for the race. USATF said in a statement that Lyles was given "a thorough medical evaluation" and chose to compete.The scene after the race was jarring. Usually one of the most energetic guys on the track, both before and after any sprint, Lyles collapsed, rolled onto his side and gasped for breath. He turned over on his hands and knees, then went to one knee, and balanced himself with his fist.
Those Games, staged in front of no fans while the COVID pandemic raged, took a mental-health toll on Lyles, one he said made him less than himself and led to his disappointing finish in Tokyo. "It is not the Olympic I dreamed of but it has left me with so much Joy in my heart," he wrote. "I hope everyone enjoyed the show. Whether you were rooting for me or against me, you have to admit you watched, didn't you?"
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