
Lyles beats Olympic champion Tebogo on 200m return
created: July 11, 2025, 9:39 p.m. | updated: July 11, 2025, 11:58 p.m.
Noah Lyles beat Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo in the men's 200m at the Diamond League meet in Monaco.
Botswana's Tebogo beat the American in the Olympic 200m final last year when it emerged after the race that Lyles, who came third, had tested positive for Covid.
Tebogo had also gone into the race in Monaco having set a world leading 19.76 seconds when he won the 200m at the last Diamond League meeting in Eugene on 5 July.
Olympic 100m champion Lyles had not raced since a 400m run in April and last competed 338 days ago in the 200m.
"It was a great race, I'm really glad to be healthy," said Lyles, who had not raced over 100m or 200m this season prior to Monaco.
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