• US sprinter tested positive on Tuesday morning
  • Lyles says he had not considered withdrawing

Noah Lyles revealed he tested positive for Covid on Tuesday morning, in the aftermath of a men’s 200m final where the American was removed from the track in a wheelchair having finished third in 19.70sec.

Lyles appeared for media duties wearing a mask, flanked by members of the US team’s medical department, but claimed he never had any thought about withdrawing from the event. USA Track & Field had made clear it was Lyles’s decision to participate in Thursday night’s final.

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