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USA's Noah Lyles reflects on the challenge of overcoming COVID to win gold at the Paris Olympics.
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00:00I mean it was quite actually a rough Olympics even before the hundred there was so much going
00:08on and with Sprint coming out it was actually very difficult to find peace of mind especially
00:14in the village I don't think I'll be staying in the village next Olympics just because you know
00:20there's so many athletes and there's so many people who are excited to meet other people and
00:23for me it's a lot more of you know I have a dream and a job that I want to accomplish so I want to be
00:31able to get my best state of mind for that and of course you know getting so the COVID you know that
00:38was probably one of the greatest challenges I've ever had in my life at the same time I felt it was
00:44something that probably I was one of few who could probably ever accomplish because I've dealt with
00:50sickness pretty much from birth and having to overcome so many things while not being a hundred
00:57percent I felt it was something that I was made for in that moment and then of course there were
01:03the great times of of course winning but not only that but having my family there and you know so
01:09much support there and achieving a goal that you know I had wanted since I was a kid

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