Noah Lyles missed out on an Olympic sprint double after falling short in the men’s 200m final in Paris, with Letsile Tebogo of Botswana taking gold and American Kenny Bednarek snapping up silver.
The world champion at the distance was hoping become the first man since Usain Bolt at the Rio 2016 Games to secure both the 100m and 200m titles.
He had managed to bounce back to win 100m gold in Paris, but this time could not compensate for what was again the slowest reaction time of the pack.
After the race Lyles fell to his back after the loss and eventually sat up to be tended to by medics who rushed out onto the track.
Tebogo led wire-to-wire and won in 19.46 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in history.
Bednarek, who also won silver in Tokyo, finished in 19.62 and Lyles, four nights after winning a close-as-can-be 100m, ran the curve in 19.70.
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