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SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles suffered an upset in the 200 meters Thursday, settling for Olympic bronze for the second straight time in the event as Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo won gold and American Kenny Bednarek got silver.
Lyles fell to his back after the loss and eventually sat up to be tended to by medics who rushed out onto the track.
Tebogo led wire-to-wire and won in 19.46 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in history. Bednarek, who also won silver in Tokyo, finished in 19.62 and Lyles, four nights after winning a close-as-can-be 100 , ran the curve in 19.70.
Tampa’s Erriyon Knighton just missed getting a medal, finishing in fourth.
After Lyles crossed the line third for the second straight Olympics, he fell to his back and eventually sat up to be tended to by medical staff. A person familiar with Lyles’ condition, who did not want to be identified, told AP was diagnosed with COVID two days before the final.