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Following controversial situations after the revelation of testing positive for COVID at the Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles has slammed the USATF for not being supportive enough.
World and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles has slammed the USATF for their unsupportive role during his COVID-19 crisis at the Paris Games.
Lyles had a heartbreaking end to his Paris Olympics outing after he walked away with the bronze medal in the 200m final, having had hopes of becoming the first American man in four decades to strike gold in the 100m and 200m, hardware that would have stamped him as the best male sprinter since Usain Bolt.
Following the final, the speedster collapsed to the ground and was struggling to breathe before he was stretchered out of the track. Shortly after, the USATF made a shocking revelation that Lyles ran the race sick with COVID-19, having tested positive for the virus two days before the final.
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Noah Lyles breaks silence on Olympic final loss to Letsile Tebogo: A failed strategy cost me not COVID
Following Olympic final loss to Letsile Tebogo, Noah Lyles has finally opened up how a failed strategy and not listening to his girlfriend Junelle Bromfield cost him not COVID.
The divulgence did not sit well with most track fans and enthusiasts. Most believed it was a lie because he had lost the race to a less-fancied Letsile Tebogo, while others were lucid about the fact that he put other athletes' health at risk by still competing and being around healthy people.
Having faced the backlash, Lyles has now stated his disappointment with the USATF for not doing more to protect and support him.
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Another contentious angle came from the fact that Lyles posted on his X page a negative result, just two days after the final and was videoed partying in a club in Paris.
With these being one of the major viral controversies at the Games, the sprint star cleared the air in their recent Beyond the Records podcast with fellow Olympic gold medallists Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway.
"I think the real thing that messed up was that team USA (USATF) did not put out a statement saying that we tested Noah, he tested positive and we made sure he was in a controlled environment and we made sure we followed the laws to a T," said the six-time world champion.
"There was no message like that and I'm like what? Wow! This is the moment where you guys come to defend your athlete," to which Holloway responded with "They didn't do nothing for you, I can see why you felt slighted."
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Still divulging the situation, Holloway asked what he saw from the other perspective of being in the club. "Oh a hundred percent," added Lyles. "Yeah, I was in the club having fun, celebrating my wins. Oh yeah, I understand it.
"I understand why they think it's fake because they're always gonna think it's fake. Because one, I'm American. And two, you know I'm saying that I have this disease yet I compete better than you can ever imagine," he concluded.
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