NOAH LYLES CAME OUT TO THE TRACK, JUMPING UP AND DOWN, HYPING UP
THE CROWD, BUT AFTER
THE RACE HE LEFT IN A
WHEELCHAIR, TELLING
THE WORLD HE HAS
COVID.
>> CAN NOAH LYLES DO
IT?
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
NOAH LYLES LINING UP
FOR THE 200 METER
FINALS, HOPING TO MAKE
HISTORY AND BECOME THE
FIRST AMERICAN MAN TO
WIN THE 100 AND 200 AT
THE OLYMPICS IN FOUR
DECADES.
BUT IT WASN’T TO BE.
LYLES OUTRON BY
BOTSWANA AND HIS OWN
TEAMMATE KENNY
BEDNAREK.
>> STAY TUNED.
TOMORROW IS GOING TO
BE FIRE.
I’M NOT FINISHED.
>> Reporter:
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
RACE, LYLES APPEARED
WINDED, LAYING ON HIS
BACK AND LOOKING AS
THOUGH HE WAS HAVING
TROUBLE BREATHING.
THEN HE WENT TO GET
MEDICAL ATTENTION,
TAKEN OFF THE TRACK IN
A WHEELCHAIR.
LYLES, IN A MASK,
LATER REVEALING WHY.
>> I WOKE UP EARLY,
ABOUT 5:00 A.M. ON
TUESDAY MORNING, AND I
WAS REELING REALLY
HORRIBLE.
I KNEW IT WAS MORE
THAN JUST BEING SORE
FROM THE 100.
WOKE UP THE DOCTORS,
AND WE TESTED.
AND OF COURSE THEY
CAME UP THAT I WAS
POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: QUESTIONS
SWIRLING WHETHER LYLES
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO COMPETE
WITH COVID.
U.S. TRACK AND FIELD
SAYING THEY FOLLOWED
ALL OLYMPIC
GUIDELINES, RELEASING
A STATEMENT SAYING IN
PART AFTER A THOROUGH
MEDICAL EVALUATION,
NOAH CHOSE TO COMPETE
TONIGHT.
WE RESPECT HIS
DECISION AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR
HIS DECISION CLOSELY.
IN ALL, TEAM USA WON A
REMARKABLE EIGHT
MEDALS IN TRACK AND
FIELD TODAY.
>> HOW FAST CAN SHE
GO?
>> GOING ONE, TWO IN
THE 400 METER HURLDS
WHERE SYDNEY McLAUF
LIN
McLAUGHLIN LEAVEVRONE WAS
FAST.
>> GRATE.
I JUST WANTED TO RUN
MY FACE.
>> Reporter: AND
ANOTHER ONE-TWO FINISH
FOR TEAM USA IN THE
110 METER HURDLES.
>> GRANT HOLLOWAY IS
STREAKING HIS WAY TO
GOLD.
>> GRANT HOLLOWAY
TAKING GOLD AND DANNY
ROBERTS SILVER.
>> SHE HAS HER FINAL
JUMP.
>> Reporter: IN LONG
JUMP, TARA DAVIS
WOODHALL CELEBRATING
HER GOLD WITH SNOW
ANGELS IN THE SAND
PIT.
LATE TODAY THE
STAR-STUDDED U.S.
MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM
SURVIVING A HUGE SCARE
FROM SERBIA, WHICH LED
BY DOUBLE-DIGITS AT
HALFTIME.
>> BACK TO AN 11-POINT
GAME.
>> Reporter: BUT THE
U.S. CAME STORMING
BACK IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER LED BY STEPH
CURRY, WHO FINISHED
WITH 36 POINTS.
>> THE UNITED STATES
ADVANCE.
>> TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
THINGS THE WAY WE DID,
WE WOULD LOVE TO WIN
BY 20 EVERY GAME, BUT
THIS WAS EXTREMELY
FUN.
>> Reporter: THEY’LL
TAKE ON FRANCE STACKED
WITH NBA STARS LIKE
RUDY GOBERT AND VICTOR