The 21-year-old achieved this feat on Thursday, August 8, 2024, making history against all odds among some of the best athletes on the track to become the fifth fastest man in the 200 meters. Letsile Tebogo, who won bronze at the worlds last year and set a national record of 9.86 when finishing sixth in the Paris 100m final.
Bednarek chased him all the way to take a second successive silver in 19.62 seconds, with Lyles, hoping to become the first American to complete the sprint double since Carl Lewis 40 years ago, third in 19.67.
After the race Lyles, who has battled asthma, sat on the track winded and received medical treatment. Medical personnel wheeled Noah Lyles down a hallway deep beneath the stands at Stade de France.
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