Letsile Tebogo's 200m gold made history, Stephen Curry helped steer the USA basketball clear of a massive upset to Serbia, and Sharon van Rouwendaal dedicated her punishing 10km swimming victory to her late dog on Day 16 of the Paris Games. Letsile Tebogo snatched a stunning gold in the men's 200m Thursday to deny Covid-hit Noah Lyles a sprint double, while ' survived a huge scare from to reach the men's final. In another sparkling performance on the track, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone smashed the world record to win the women's 400m hurdles gold.
At the Stade de France, the brash Lyles was keen to showcase his speed and endurance in his preferred 200m after winning one of the closest 100m finals in modern Olympic history. But 's Tebogo stunned the American with a storming run, relegating Lyles to bronze and his US teammate Kenneth Bednarek to silver. The first African to win 200m gold, Tebogo clocked a continent-wide record time of 19.
46sec, leaving a distraught Lyles prone on the track. Lyles later revealed he had tested positive for two days ago. "It was really a beautiful race for me," Tebogo said.
"When we made it to the final, my coach just told me, 'Now my job is done, it's up to you to see what you can do'," he added. ( ) Read also:.