Lyles wins 200m bronze before Covid diagnosis revealed as Tebogo takes gold

Lyles wins 200m bronze before Covid diagnosis revealed as Tebogo takes gold

American star diagnosed with Covid before Olympic finalBotswana star triumphs while Bednarek picks up silver

On Noah Lyles’s heavily ripped torso there is a four-letter tattoo, spelt out in capital letters: ICON. He decided to get it six years ago as an act of ­manifestation. Ink it and it will come. But the American’s dream of winning four golds at these ­Olympics came to an abrupt end because of Covid – and a kid from Botswana they call the schoolboy.

The rumours of Lyles’s sickness began to swirl around the Stade de France moments after he finished with bronze in the final of 200m, which has always been his best event by far. The news was soon confirmed by Lyles, who said he had tested ­positive at about 5am on Tuesday morning after waking up in the ­middle of the night with chills, aches and a sore throat.

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