Letsile Tebogo dusted Noah Lyles in the 200-meter final at the Olympics on Thursday ― and didn’t run from a blunt assessment of the American afterward.
“For me, I can’t be the face of athletics because I’m not an arrogant or loud person like Noah. So I believe Noah’s the face of athletics.”
American Kenny Bednarek, who took silver in the race, grinned at the remark.
After winning the 100-meter gold, Lyles promised to leave his adversaries “depressed” on the home straight of the 200. But Tebogo beat Lyles, who announced after the race that he had COVID-19, by plenty. Lyles later congratulated Tebogo on social media.
