.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a traditionally near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 secs, marking the closest males's 100m competition at the Olympics considering that 1980, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold award triumph took roughly half a min to validate as the competition ended. Once it was actually formal, Lyles reacted through uplifting his bib and also screaming: "The United States. I informed you, I obtained this." Lyles, said there were few events in the course of his gold-medal evening. He devoted it speaking with media, fulfilling a mandatory post-race drug test, and also getting on sweetheart mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his girl, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles stated. While he admits owing her a true getaway after the Olympics, he administered a significant act of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles mentioned Bromfield allow him recognize she had actually unintentionally left her jogging spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Considering that she was running her first races of the Olympics eventually Monday early morning, it was actually critical she get those spikes." So right here I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, as well as I feel like, 'Huh. Right here I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, swaying to my girlfriend's space with all this things,'" Lyles claimed, laughing." I am actually a really good man." Bromfield ended up third in her warmth, obtaining the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his heat energy in the preliminary of the males's 200m, likewise getting approved for the semifinals.