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Associated Press
Aug 3, 2025, 06:15 PM ET
EUGENE, Ore. -- Track turned into a interaction athletics Sunday erstwhile Kenny Bednarek shoved Noah Lyles aft Lyles bushed him to the decorativeness enactment successful the 200-meter last astatine U.S. championships.
Lyles reeled successful Bednarek successful the homestretch to triumph successful 19.63 seconds.
As helium was crossing the decorativeness line, Lyles turned to Bednarek successful the lane adjacent to him and started jawing astatine him. A fewer steps aft they crossed, Bednarek reached retired and gave Lyles a two-handed shove.
Lyles turned around, backpedaled and reached his arms out, past kept jawing astatine Bednarek. Their statement continued into the commencement of the NBC interview.
"I archer ya, if you've got a problem, I expect a call," Bednarek said.
Lyles replied: "You cognize what, you're right. You're right. Let's speech aft this."
Asked by the network's Lewis Johnson what happened, Bednarek said: "I'm not going to accidental it retired here, but we got thing to bash and speech about."
The adjacent section figures to play retired Sept. 19 successful Japan, wherever they'll beryllium among the favorites successful the 200-meter final. Lyles is trying to lucifer Usain Bolt with 4 consecutive satellite titles successful his champion race.
Lyles had a dilatory commencement to a play that has seen Bednarek unfastened arsenic the ascendant sprinter of 2025. Bednarek won the 100 meters Friday and besides bushed Lyles astatine the Olympics past year, finishing 2nd successful a contention successful which Lyles won bronze portion suffering with COVID.
"It was a beauteous hard championship," Lyles said. "I've been tired. It's been rough. coming retired present erstwhile you're not 100 percent and being capable to say, 'I inactive got to springiness my each nary substance what happens.' That's tough. That's tough."
