UPDATE: Both USATF and Merritt's agency tweeted that Merritt is still doing the 400/200 double at the Olympics. It's unclear where TC Williams heard that Merritt was scratching, but that's apparently incorrect.

@TCWTitanTrack @TCWTitans @ACPSk12 no confusion. LaShawn Merritt will attend and compete in Rio in the 200m!

— Icon Management Inc. (@iconmanagement) July 10, 2016

.@lashawnmerritt has processed for #TeamUSA in both the 200m and the 400m. Confirmed with his agent he is competing in both. #TrackTown16

— USATF (@usatf) July 10, 2016

By Johanna Gretschel

Noah Lyles might be going to Rio after all.

One day after placing fourth in the 200m finals at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. and setting the national high school record at 20.09, the Virginia native's high school track team tweeted the following:



LaShawn Merritt placed second in the 200m at Hayward Field yesterday, though he won the 400m during the first session and there was speculation on whether he would attempt the double in Rio. If Lyles does make the team, he would be one of the youngest in history to do so.

Only the 4th HS boys sprinter on US team since 1928 https://t.co/d3Nnz8TE3W

— Jesse Squire (@tracksuperfan) July 10, 2016

Last 4 US HS boys sprinters on Oly team: Noah Lyles ('16, 200), Dwayne Evans ('76, 200), Houston McTear ('76, 100), Frank Wykoff ('28, 100)

— Jesse Squire (@tracksuperfan) July 10, 2016

The move is not confirmed and neither Lyles nor Merritt could be reached for comment.

Post-race interview with Noah after breaking the national record in the final: