SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin was sitting in the call room before Saturday’s men’s 4X400-meter relay when he heard a joke he didn’t like. He declined to be specific about the line itself or about who said it, but he said it was about Noah Lyles, the American track star who won gold in the 100 meters, then tested positive for COVID-19 and won bronze in the 200 meters a few days later.
“They about to get punished right now,” Benjamin told his teammates.
