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Noah Lyles's Bronze Medal Win a Poignant Moment in His Olympic Journey

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TOKYO — Two years after winning a world championship, months after getting off antidepressants, a half hour after winning bronze in the Olympic men’s 200-meter dash, and minutes after calling that medal “boring” because he came here to win, Noah Lyles burst into tears. He was thinking of a sprinter who isn’t even here.