Noah Lyles took the bronze medal Thursday in the men’s 200 meters at the Paris Olympics, then hunched over on the track, motioned for water and was eventually taken away on a makeshift wheelchair.
Minutes later, he said in an interview with NBC while wearing a mask that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 two days before the race.
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“I woke up early, about 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning and I just was feeling really horrible. I knew it was more than just being sore from the 100,” Lyles told NBC. “Woke up the doctors and we tested and unfortunately it came up that I was positive for COVID.