Noah Lyles was seen dancing the night away at a post-Olympics party in Paris on Sunday – just over 48 hours after missing USA’s 4x100m relay final due to Covid.
Lyles, who captured gold in the men’s 100m this summer, pulled out of Friday’s relay race after contracting the virus prior to his third-place finish in the 200m final.
The 27-year-old was said to have competed while suffering with a 102-degree fever, before he collapsed to the ground and required medical attention after taking bronze.
However, fans have been left stunned by his speedy recovery time after he was seen passionately dancing in a Paris nightclub after the closing Olympics ceremony on Sunday night.
In footage shared by TikTok user sam.bion.promo, Lyles looked back to full health as he bounced around the dancefloor in the middle of a large crowd at popular spot L’Arc Paris.
@sam.bion.promo Noah Lyles et team USA at @L’Arc Paris #larcparis #paris #noahlyles #olympics ♬ son original – Sam 🍾
At one stage a friend draped him in a USA flag as the dancing continued, with the 100m champion clearly in fine spirits following his successful Games.
Yet several users pointed out the amazing powers of recovery Lyles seems to possess just over two days after he was deemed unfit to help America in the 4x100m relay.
One wrote: ‘From the ER to the Club in a day…. Amazing’.
Another put: ‘that was a speedy recovery’.
‘Them athletes recovery time is amazing lol,’ wrote a third.
While one simply concluded: ‘Hes so fine’.
Other Olympics stars were also at the nightclub on Sunday night, including Simone Biles, Leon Marchand and Derrick White.
One day after his USA teammates were disqualified from the 4x100m relay for a botched handoff in Paris, Lyles announced he was Covid free after sharing a photo of his negative test.
He first tested positive last Tuesday, before finishing third in Thursday’s 200m final behind Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and American teammate Kenneth Bednarek.
‘Those guys raced great,’ USA coach Lance Brauman said. ‘But to get a bronze medal in 19.70 with a temperature of about 102, that wasn’t too bad.’
Despite fans questioning how genuine his illness was, Brauman added about Lyles: ‘I mean, he was sick. People are going to say whatever they want, and that’s fine, but the dude was sick.
‘What he had to do to muscle out that medal, that’s going to be hard to forget.’
Lyles’ mom, Keisha Caine Bishop, claimed on Saturday that Olympics security refused to help her son when he collapsed to the floor struggling to breathe at the end of the race.
Keisha, who was at Stade de France for the event, wrote alongside a photo of Noah on the ground on Instagram: ‘This was one of the scariest moments of my life! Watching my son hold his chest gasping for air while the stadium security refused to call a Dr. as I begged them to send him help.
‘They also refused to do anything to help. They totally ignored me! No parent should ever have to experience this feeling of helplessness!
‘However, I want to thank the @nbcolympics team for helping me during this moment. Thank you for seeing me & my son as human beings and not just another story. Words cannot express my gratitude for your empathy, professionalism, and kindness.
‘Also thank you @usatf staff who let me cry on their shoulders. To the security team, I pray if your loved one ever needs help, they get treated better than you treated us. I also thank God he is getting better.’
