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Olympic gold medalist Letsile Tebogo took a refined dig at his American counterpart, Noah Lyles, after he was requested about turning into the face of males’s monitor following his victory within the 200-meter closing on Thursday.
Tebogo, making his Olympic debut, surprised the sphere to win gold within the males’s 200m closing after failing to medal within the 100m closing earlier within the week. Lyles, who gained gold in that race, settled for the bronze medal within the 200m earlier than it was later revealed that he had contracted COVID-19 days earlier.
Noah Lyles of USA disenchanted after profitable Bronze within the males’s 200m closing throughout the Athletics Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the Stade de France on August 8, 2024 in Paris, France. (Pete Dovgan/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Images)
After the race, the runner from Botswana sat alongside defending silver medalist Kenneth Bednarek of Team USA to debate his victory.
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Tebogo fielded a number of questions, together with one about his aspirations within the sport and whether or not his aim is to turn into the face of males’s monitor. Tebogo conceded that Lyles is best fitted to that position, however he appeared to make a refined dig at Lyles’ disposition.
“I think for me, I can’t be the face of athletics because I’m not an arrogant or loud person like Noah [Lyles],” he instructed the room filled with reporters.
Letsile Tebogo of Team Botswana competes throughout the Men’s 200m Hurdles Final of Athletics on day 13 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG by way of Getty Images)
“So, I believe Noah is the face of athletics.”
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Bednarek didn’t reply to the comment made about his teammate.
Lyles has not shied away from his excellence within the sport. After profitable three gold medals in final 12 months’s world championships, he acquired backlash for suggesting that different athletes, like NBA gamers, didn’t have the correct to name themselves world champions.
“I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have ‘world champion’ on their head. World champion of what?” Lyles mentioned on the time. “The United States? Don’t get me wrong. I love the U.S. at times, but that ain’t the world. That is not the world.”
Letsile Tebogo of Team Botswana, left, with Noah Lyles of Team United States after profitable the lads’s 200m closing on the Stade de France throughout the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile by way of Getty Images)
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Lyles gained the United States’ first gold medal within the males’s 100m since 2004 this week and hoped to additional stake his declare as the game’s finest by turning into the primary American to win the 100m and 200m since 1984.
He was unable to take action, and he’ll possible not take part in Friday’s 4x100m relay both.
“I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. It is not the Olympics I dreamed of, but it has left me with so much Joy in my heart,” Lyles wrote on social media Thursday. “I hope everyone enjoyed the show. Whether you were rooting for me or against me, you have to admit you watched, didn’t you?”
He signed off on the message, writing: “Sincerely, Your world’s fastest man for the next 4 years!”
Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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