Noah Lyles comes up short in bid for double, takes bronze in 200 meters; Letsile Tebogo takes gold
(PARIS) — Noah Lyles came up short in his quest for the 100-meter, 200-meter double at the Paris Olympics. He did get the bronze, but had been aiming to be the first American to win both in 40 years.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo took the gold in 19.46 seconds, running away from American Kenny Bednarek — who took silver — and Lyles. Lyles was the favorite in the event, but ran only 19.70.
Usain Bolt is the last person to accomplish the 100 meters and 200 meters — in 2016 — when he did it for the third straight Olympics. Carl Lewis was the last American to win the 100 and 200 when he did the double at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
Lyles won the 100 meters on Tuesday in a historically close race. He edged out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just 0.005 seconds.
Lyles was attempting to win three golds at the Paris Games by also winning in the 100-meter relay. Lewis is also the last person to win the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100-meter relay when he did it in 1984.
Following his win in the 100 meters, Lyles was asked how he felt about completing the triple.
“Pretty confident,” he said. “I can’t lie.”
Lyles ran the anchor leg in the qualifying heats Thursday, taking first place in the group. The final will be held Friday at 1:47 p.m. ET.
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(LONDON) — The men’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has been postponed after tests carried out in the Seine “revealed water quality levels that did not provide sufficient guarantees to allow the event to be held,” officials said.
Originally scheduled to take place at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the event has now been postponed and is scheduled to take place on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. following the completion of the Women’s Triathlon competition, subject to forthcoming water tests complying with the established World Triathlon thresholds for swimming.
“Unfortunately, meteorological events beyond our control, such as the rain which fell over Paris on 26 and 27 July, can alter water quality and compel us to reschedule the event for health reasons,” Olympic officials said in a statement early Tuesday morning. “Despite the improvement of water quality levels over the last hours, the readings at some points of the swim course are still above the acceptable limits.”
Olympic organizers said that updated information regarding tickets and broadcast of the events on Wednesday will be shared in the next hours.
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, swam in the Seine on July 17 in a showcase intended to show how clean the river was for the outdoor swimming events at the Olympics, even after the Seine’s water quality remained questionable and had repeatedly failed tests in advance of the 33rd Olympiad.
“On the eve of the Games, when the Seine will play a key role, this event represents the demonstration of the efforts made by the city and the state to improve the quality of the Seine’s waters and the ecological state of the river,” Hidalgo’s office said in a statement on before her swim.
Even that swim had been postponed from when it was originally scheduled to take place in June but river samples at the time were deemed to be too unhealthy for her to swim in.
During heavy rains, sewage can overflow into the river. For example, on June 18, after several days of rain, E. coli levels in the Seine River jumped to roughly 10,000 Colony Forming Units per milliliter, more than 10 times the safety limit.
According to findings published by Paris City Hall earlier this month, the last week of June saw four days when the water was clean enough to swim in, according to European standards, but no days when it was clean enough to swim in according to U.S. standards.
Paris Olympics officials initially insisted there would be “no plan B,” but organizers revealed their contingency plans on July 5, saying that open-water swimming might take place in the Marne River instead. In addition, officials said they could delay the triathlon event or, in the worst-case scenario, eliminate the swimming portion of the competition altogether.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Arizona 7, Boston 5 NY Yankees 10, Colorado 3 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Philadelphia 11, Kansas City 3 LA Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay 1 Oakland 4, Milwaukee 3 Seattle 4, San Francisco 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4, Texas 2 Toronto 8 LA Angels 2 Detroit 9, Chi White Sox 4 Houston 6 Baltimore 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 5, Atlanta 1 Miami 7, Chi Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 3, NY Mets 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON Tennessee 30, New Orleans 27 Denver 38, Arizona 12 Washington 20, New England 10
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Las Vegas 77, Chicago 75 Dallas 113, Los Angeles 110
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE San Francisco Giants 10, Baltimore Orioles 0 Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Guardians 1 Tampa Bay Rays 8, Boston Red Sox 3 Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 1 Texas Rangers 13, Toronto Blue Jays 8 Chicago White Sox 0, LA Angels 5 NY Yankees 11, Seattle Mariners 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 5 Miami Marlins 11, LA Dodgers 9 NY Mets 10, Washington Nationals 1 Philadelphia Phillies 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1 St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Colorado Rockies 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 2
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Minnesota Lynx 78, Connecticut Sun 76 New York Liberty 87, Washington Mystics 71 Atlanta Dream 86, Chicago Sky 70 Las Vegas Aces 85, Seattle Storm 72 Phoenix Mercury 85, Los Angeles Sparks 81