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Olympics 2024: Runner Lamecha Girma Carried Off On Stretcher After Frightening Fall<\/p>\n
Even under the weather, Noah Lyles<\/strong> brought home another medal for Team USA.<\/p>\n After the 27-year-old finished in third place in the men\u2019s 200-meter final, he dropped to the track where he appeared to be taking gasping breaths before lying on his back. Medics soon helped him<\/a> off the track in a wheelchair, with a Paris Olympics<\/a> spokesperson telling NBC News<\/a> Noah had been unable to walk on his own following his efforts.<\/p>\n However, his mother Keisha Cane Bishop<\/strong>, who was cheering<\/a> him on at the race, <\/strong>quickly gave insight into his condition, telling NBC Sports\u2019 <\/a>Lewis Johnson<\/a> <\/strong>that her son had been diagnosed with COVID-19<\/a> two days before his final.<\/p>\n The Team USA star\u2014who has already won a gold medal in the men\u2019s 100-meter race\u2014later spoke to his health.<\/p>\n \u201cI woke up early, about 5am on Tuesday morning,\u201d he told Lewis during the broadcast through a mask, \u201cand I was just feeling really horrible and I knew it was more than just being sore from the 100. Woke up the doctors and we tested, and unfortunately it came up that it was positive for COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n