Tears frrom 200-meter favorite Noah Lyles had little to do with the bronze medal. It went much deeper than that. Tokyo2020 TeamUSA
USA's Sydney McLaughlin sets a new world record and Japan continues its dominance in skateboarding events.TOKYO -- The sobbing from 200-meter favorite Noah Lyles had little to do with the bronze medal.The tears the American sprinter shed Wednesday night were for his brother, Josephus, who had the original dream of being at theThey were for a difficult year that saw the 24-year-old Lyles go on and off of antidepressants as he tried to find the right feel for his hectic race to Tokyo.
His feelings poured out over a heartfelt 15-minute interview in the recesses of the Olympic Stadium. Team officials offered to gently usher him away after he broke down.“Somebody asked me why I told people on Twitter that I was on antidepressants. It was strictly for the idea that I had taken something and it made me feel better," Lyles explained. “I knew there were a lot of people out there like me who were too scared to say something or even start that journey.
The killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 got him thinking harder about how he could use his platform to affect social change. He became vocal. He wore a glove on his hand to some races, including at U.S. Olympic trials where he vowed that he had no plans to quiet down. When the topic came up in the interviews Wednesday after a third-place finish he conceded was not his goal at these Olympics, Lyles' tears started falling. It was, after all, Josephus who had the original dream of the Lyles brothers running together at the Games.
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