Unseen footage of Noah Lyle's and Letsile Tebogo's entrance before the 200 metres Olympic final has emerged, and it says a lot.
All eyes were on the final of the men's 200m final on Thursday evening at the Stade de France, and it certainly didn't disappoint.
American sprinter Lyles entered the race as the favourite, days after he won gold in the 100m final.
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However, the 27-year-old could only take bronze, with his teammate Kenneth Bednarek coming second and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo romping to gold.
Lyles looked good in the bend but fell behind in the final 50 metres. The American fell to the track after crossing the finish line and had to be taken away in a wheelchair.
Immediately after the race U.S. Track and Field announced that Lyles - who suffers from asthma - tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, confirming rumours before the final that the star had been suffering with illness.
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Lyles is known for his self-confidence and exuberant personality, but upon learning that he was suffering from Covid, fans and pundits were surprised by the way he came out for the race.
Now, unseen footage taken from the stands shows just how different Lyles' and Tebogo's stadium entrances were.
When his name was announced to the crow, Tebogo simply emerged into the arena and kept his head down as he walked over to the starting blocks.
In contrast, Lyles came sprinting out onto the track, bouncing around, waving his arms and yelling as if he were trying to hype himself up for the race.
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Lyle's style can come across as arrogant, and plenty of fans don't like it.
Alongside the footage of the entrances, one fan wrote: "Learn to be humble; See Africa's & World Champion Letsile Tebogo's entrance vs Noah Lyles entrance. Pure humility. Even that 100M the Jamaican whooped you."
The dig about the 100m refers to the fact that Lyles only beat Jamaica's Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the 100m by five-thousandths of a second, hardly a convincing margin of victory.
Topics: Olympics, Athletics, Fan Reactions
Alex Brotherton