The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she is “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles' decision to run in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event. Lyles didn’t publicly reveal he’d tested positive for the virus until after he won bronze Thursday night at the Paris Olympics.
Noah Lyles , of the United States, dons a face mask following his men’s 200-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. COVID-stricken Noah Lyles , of the United States, lies on the track after competing in the men’s 200-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Lyles said he tested positive for COVID two days before he finished third in the 200-meter final.
Sarah Hirshland, the CEO of USOPC, told The Associated Press on Friday that protocols were put in place for Lyles after he tested positive and he was closely monitored by USA Track. She said whether or not Lyles raced was left for him to decide. “We gave Noah as much flexibility in his own choices as we could,” she said. “He had every opportunity to say, ‘I don’t want to compete. I don’t feel good enough to compete, or, I don’t want to compete.’”Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Imane Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutinyOnce he decided to move ahead with competing, USOPC and USATF set procedures to ensure the safety of both Lyles and those around him.
“I think it’s extraordinary that he won a bronze medal when he’s not 100%. He’s an incredible athlete and he wanted to show the world that,” Hirshland said. “And he was willing to say, ‘I understand that I’m going to have to do things a little bit differently than I might have’ out of respect both for his own health, but also for other people. I have no concerns about what happened there. We did that the right way.
According to Lyles, he woke up in the middle of the night Tuesday with “chills, aching and a sore throat.” He was placed into a quarantine in a hotel near the Olympic village, and said he only told the medical staff, his coach and his mother he was ill. “COVID was a very different thing in Tokyo than it is today,” she said, “the way it’s affecting people, the risks associated with it, the symptoms and actually how it’s making people feel. That’s the thing we have to understand. It’s a very different condition than it was at that point in time.”Aside from isolation and his own treatment, Lyles didn’t have to follow too many guidelines.
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