[Source: Global Times] In the men's 200-meter final of the Paris Olympics, American sprinter Noah Lyles, who was regarded as the favorite to win, only won the bronze medal. USA Track and Field later explained that Lyles was infected with the new crown at the time and was therefor

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[Source: Global Times]

In the men's 200m final of the Paris Olympics, American sprinter Noah Lyles, who was regarded as the favorite to win, only won the bronze medal. The U.S. Track and Field Team later explained that Lyles was infected with the new crown at the time and was therefore "out of shape."

However, a newly exposed video shows that Lyles appeared in a Paris nightclub on the evening of the 11th, celebrating with friends, and his mental state did not look like he was recovering from a serious illness. Subsequently, American netizens questioned Lyles one after another.

Lyles lay on the field after the men's 200m final at the Paris Olympics and said he was "unwell". (US media)

In the men's 100-meter track and field final of the Paris Olympics on the 4th, Lyles won the championship in one fell swoop and won praise from American netizens. Therefore, when Lyles said after the men's 200m final in the early morning of the 9th Beijing time that he had been infected with the new crown and had poor performance, many American netizens expressed their understanding and were very concerned about his health. On the 11th, Lyles posted a picture of "New Crown Test Negative" on the social platform x, saying that he had recovered.

Just as many netizens lamented Lyles's "rapid recovery", the US "Newsweek" published a report on the 12th that "Liles had a party in a nightclub". The report quoted an online video saying that Lyles On the evening of the 11th, he had a carnival with many friends at the arc nightclub in Paris. In the video, Lyles was singing and dancing while wearing an American flag, looking very energetic.

Report and video screenshot

In this regard, some American netizens suspected that Lyles was not infected with the new crown at all and was just using it as an excuse for his poor performance in the game; while other netizens believed that if Lyles had indeed been infected before If you have been infected with COVID-19, you should at least wear a mask when you go out to a party on the evening of the 11th to prevent the virus you may carry from infecting other people.

In addition to asking whether Lyles was infected, some netizens with more "venomous tongues" played a "homophonic joke" on Lyles's name and called him "noahlies" (lies and Lyles) Similar pronunciation, meaning "to lie").