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Noah Lyles’ mom was livid with how she felt her son was handled when he collapsed after crossing the end line within the males’s 200-meter race on the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Keisha Caine Bishop wrote in an Instagram put up that she pleaded with safety to get a health care provider over to deal with her son.
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Keisha Caine Bishop, mom of sprinter Noah Lyles, speaks to safety to demand medical consideration for Lyles, who collapsed after crossing the end line within the males’s 200-meter closing on Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
“This was one of the scariest moments of my life!” she wrote on the social media platform. “Watching my son hold his chest gasping for air while the stadium security refused to call a Dr. as I begged them to send him help. They also refused to do anything to help. They totally ignored me! No parent should ever have to experience this feeling of helplessness!
“However, I wish to thank the @nbcolympics group for serving to me throughout this second. Thank you for seeing me & my son as human beings and never simply one other story. Words can’t specific my gratitude on your empathy, professionalism, and kindness.
“Also thank you @usatf staff who let me cry on their shoulders. To the security team, I pray if your loved one ever needs help, they get treated better than you treated us. I also thank God he is getting better.”
Noah Lyles of the United States is handled by medical workers after the boys’s 200-meter closing on Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Lyles examined constructive for COVID-19, and regardless of that, he nonetheless received a bronze medal within the 200. He additionally received a gold medal within the 100 earlier within the week.
He instructed the Associated Press that his temperature reached no greater than 99 levels. He stated he feared the signs greater than the rest.
“Then asthma joining in on that and making it even [worse], that was our worst fear,” he stated. “We were back in the medical bay underneath the track. Their biggest concern was me getting bronchitis because we didn’t want something to get infected and the asthma really starts to take form. We really had to jump on top of that.
“If that was the case, I most likely would have needed to get a visit to the hospital, for positive.”
Noah Lyles lies on the track after the men’s 200-meter final on Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Lyles tested negative for COVID on Saturday and will turn his attention to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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