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USA's Noah Lyles and Men's Track and Field 200m Qualifying Olympic Results

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Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles will seek his second Olympic gold in the finals of the men's 200-meter dash.

Lyles placed second in his semifinal heat with a time of 20.08 to qualify for Thursday's final.

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won the heat with a time of 19.96 seconds.

Lyles previously made it to the semifinals with a qualifying heat time of 20.19 seconds.

He ran the 100-meter final in 9.784 seconds on Sunday to claim the first Olympic gold of his career.

American sprinter Kenny Bednarek also qualified for the 200-meter semifinal by winning his earlier heat with a time of 20.