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Gold Medalist Noah Lyles Reveals He Grew Up in a Cult


Olympic track-and-field star Noah Lyles opened up about his childhood, revealing that he actually grew up in a religious cult

He proceeded to ask for his “test” in ninth grade after he got sick with the swine flu ahead of the World Youth track-and-field team trials. The latter race marked the end of Lyles’ Paris Olympics journey as he was diagnosed with COVID-19, causing him to withdraw from the men’s 4×100 Meter relay on August 9. “[I was like] ‘Let’s try and keep this as normal as possible,’ knowing that I’ve handled stuff like this in the past,” Lyles said of competing in the men’s 200-meter final with COVID in a Sunday, August 11, interview with People.

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