Noah Lyles’ Olympics accident: American was taken away in a wheelchair after defeat
Andrey Shitikhin August 8, 2024, 22:25 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
For the first time in history, an African representative was proclaimed Olympic champion in the 200 m race.
The men’s 200m final at the Paris Olympics ended with a sensational victory for Botswana’s Letsil Tebogo. He beat Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles. Lyles fell ill after the race and was carried under the stands in a wheelchair.
Noah, who is trying to position himself as Usain Bolt’s heir, says he will demolish the great Jamaican’s records, and in a press conference he talks about having allergies, asthma and ADHD (and this is a direct path to therapeutic exemptions for banned drugs), lost without a chance.
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He was unable to do anything even with his American teammate Kenneth Bendarek, although he achieved an excellent result: 19.70. In the conditions in which he entered the start, winning bronze is practically a feat. After all, Lyles contracted the coronavirus and was wearing a mask before the start.
After the finish line, the Olympic champion collapsed on the track in the 100-meter dash and then barely managed to get up. It is true that the doctors who came to him first put Lyles back on the track and then in the wheelchair. But Lyles’ problems are Lyles’ problems.
Bendarek finished second again, and Botswana’s Letsil Tebogo became the hero of the race and Olympic champion. In April, his mother died, just as Tebogo was competing in the United States.
Letsil Tebogo
Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images
The boy promised that he would do everything possible to perform successfully at the Olympic Games in memory of his dearest person. 21-year-old Tebogo not only won a medal, but became the first African Olympic champion in the 200 meters, running in 19.50, which is simply an amazing result.
