.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 secs, denoting the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics because 1980, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold medal victory took around half a moment to confirm as the race ended. Once it was main, Lyles responded through elevating his bib as well as hollering: "America. I told you, I acquired this." Lyles, pointed out there were handful of occasions in the course of his gold-medal evening. He invested it talking with media, satisfying an obligatory post-race drug test, as well as getting on sweetheart mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his girl, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he acknowledges owing her a genuine holiday after the Olympics, he carried out a necessary act of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles said Bromfield allow him recognize she had actually accidentally left her jogging spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Due to the fact that she was operating her initial competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday early morning, it was actually crucial she receive those spikes." Thus listed below I go to 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and also I resemble, 'Huh. Here I am, Olympics champ, one hundred meters, swaying to my girl's space with all this stuff,'" Lyles stated, laughing." I'm a good partner." Bromfield ended up third in her heat energy, qualifying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his warm in the preliminary of the men's 200m, likewise getting the semifinals.