The Botswana runner Letsile Tebogo shocked everyone – including the American superstar Noah Lyles – and won the Olympic Games final on 200 meters. In front of a large audience at Stade de France, he crossed the finish line at 19.46, a new arena record.
The gold was Botswana's first in Olympic Games context ever.
Kenneth Bednarek, USA, took care of the Olympic silver, while Lyles had to settle for the bronze.
After the final, the USA's athletics federation announced that Lyles has covid-19, according to BBC. He is said to have tested positive two days ago, reports the news agency AP.
The 27-year-old bronze medalist had set a goal to win three golds during the Olympic Games in Paris. First on 100 meters, where Lyles took gold with just five hundredths of a second margin, and then on 200 meters and on 4x100 meters – the same feat he achieved at the World Championship in Budapest last year.
