Noah Lyles Gets Shoved By Rival Kenny Bednarek After Rallying For Win In 200

Olympic golden medalist Noah Lyles won nan 200-meter nationalist title connected Sunday and sewage a two-handed shove from rival Kenny Bednarek moments aft nan thrilling rally successful Oregon.

Lyles overtook Bednarek successful nan last strides and turned to look down nan runner-up, who past reached retired pinch some hands to forcefully push nan victor away.

Before nan beef could power up, Bednarek extended his manus to congratulate Lyles for winning nan USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships arena and nan brace calmly addressed their differences.

An NBC Sports camera approached them connected nan way astatine Hayward Field and caught nan tail extremity of their chat which seemed to bespeak a spat that pre-dated Sunday's race.

"If you sewage a problem, I expected a call," Bednarek said. "That's each I'm saying."

Lyles past extended an oliva branch arsenic well.

"You cognize what, you're right," Lyles said. "Let's talk aft this."

Bednarek declined to explicate nan shove.

"I'm not going to opportunity that retired present but we sewage thing to do and talk about," he told NBC Sports. "That's each I'm going to say."

Lyles' clip of 19.63 seconds was .04 amended than Bednarek, mounting nan shape for a rematch successful nan world title outdoor meet group for Sept. 19 successful Tokyo.

Lyles, 28, was 1 of nan breakout stars from Paris past summer, taking golden successful nan astir thrilling races of nan 2024 games. Lyles hardly nudged retired Cashain Thompson to go nan first American to return 100 golden since 2004.

Lyles past won bronze successful nan 200, finishing 3rd down golden medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and nan runner-up, Bednarek.

The American past revealed he had tested affirmative for Covid and had moved into a hotel, distant from nan Olympic Village, to quarantine.