{"id":455452,"date":"2024-08-12T03:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T03:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=455452"},"modified":"2024-08-12T03:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T03:22:29","slug":"noah-lyles-competed-in-the-200m-mens-finals-race-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/noah-lyles-competed-in-the-200m-mens-finals-race-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Lyles Competed in the 200m Men&#8217;s Finals Race with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keisha Caine Bishop ran through Stade de France in panic looking for her son, Noah Lyles who had to be removed from the track in a wheelchair. Lyles won bronze in the 200m dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics but looked sick after. <\/p>\n<p>NBC track and field reporter, Lewis Johnson was with her as they ran down to the track. Johnson gestured a wheelchair motion with his fingers towards a volunteer who pointed towards the medical center at the venue. <\/p>\n<p>The 100m Olympic champion who has asthma was breathing abnormally heavy and required medical attention on the track.<\/p>\n<p>A rumor started circulating that 27-year-old Lyles had COVID-19. Athletes from other events started expressing concern for Lyles and those who competed against Lyles&#8217; in the 200m dash were clueless about the news.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNoah? I didn\u2019t know, wow,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/athletes\/united-states\/jasmine-jones-14715835\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Jones<\/a> who won fourth in the 400m hurdles said. <em>\u201cThat\u2019s crazy. Congratulations to him. He\u2019s fantastic for that. That\u2019s really impressive. Congratulations. Hats off. Yeah, wow, I didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Later on, Noah Lyles spoke with a mask on and revealed that he had COVID-19 and that very few people knew that he had tested positive. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-eSuGqMfgo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by The Sporting News (@sportingnews)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was going to compete regardless,\u201d<\/em> said Lyles. <em>\u201cIf I didn\u2019t make it to the (200) finals, that would\u2019ve been the sign not to compete.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>People were surprised about seeing Lyles show up for an interview after his publicist told the media that he wouldn\u2019t be speaking to anyone. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;To be honest, I\u2019m more proud of myself than anything \u2013 coming out and getting a bronze medal with COVID,&#8221;<\/em> Lyles said. <\/p>\n<p>The other athletes who competed with Lyles didn\u2019t seem bothered by the fact that he was competing with COVID.<\/p>\n<p>The gold medalist of the race, <a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/athletes\/botswana\/letsile-tebogo-14883897\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leslie Tebago<\/a> from Botswana realized on Wednesday during the semi-finals run that something was off with Lyles.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNot in his best shape,\u201d<\/em> Tebogo said. <em>\u201cHe\u2019s going through something.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The reporter then revealed to him that Lyles had COVID.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho said that?\u201d<\/em> Tebogo replied. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLyles did,\u201d<\/em> the reporter said. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think he put anybody at risk,\u201d<\/em> Tebogo said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/athletes\/united-states\/kenneth-bednarek-14715244\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Bednarek<\/a>, the silver medalist of the 200m final seemed the least concerned about the drama unfolding that night.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom what I heard, he&#8217;s got something that went on. So, I don&#8217;t really know what&#8217;s going on with him,\u201d <\/em>said Bednarek. <em>\u201cI mean, I will probably talk to him after this to see if he&#8217;s OK, which I hope so. But yeah, like for me, I don&#8217;t really know. I&#8217;m kind of out of the loop.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite learning this news, Bednarek hugged Lyles after the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First I want to thank God for getting me through this entire Olympics! Second I want to congratulate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LetsileTebogo3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LetsileTebogo3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenny_bednarek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kenny_bednarek<\/a> and everyone else on an amazing Olympic 200m final. Finally I want to thank everyone for the supportive messages. I believe this will be the end of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfKOpLljAS\">pic.twitter.com\/sfKOpLljAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noah Lyles, OLY (@LylesNoah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LylesNoah\/status\/1821802832137195842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More Sports News<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dawn-staley-says-caitlin-clarks-recent-performances-may-have-landed-her-a-spot-on-us-olympic-team\/\">Dawn Staley Says Caitlin Clark\u2019s Recent Performances May Have Landed Her A Spot On US Olympic Team<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/vatican-addresses-controversial-last-supper-drag-performance-at-2024-paris-olympics\/\">Vatican Addresses Controversial \u201cLast Supper\u201d Drag Performance at 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keisha Caine Bishop ran through Stade de France in panic looking for her son, Noah Lyles who had to be removed from the track in a wheelchair. Lyles won bronze in the 200m dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics but looked sick after. NBC track and field reporter, Lewis Johnson was with her as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":455453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1768],"tags":[29749,29934,29933],"class_list":["post-455452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympic","tag-2024-paris-olympics","tag-covid-19","tag-noah-lyles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}