.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the males's 100m last on Sunday in an in the past close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 secs, denoting the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold medal triumph took approximately half a min to affirm as the race finished. Once it was actually formal, Lyles reacted by uplifting his bib as well as shouting: "United States. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, pointed out there were handful of celebrations during the course of his gold-medal night. He devoted it speaking with media, satisfying a compulsory post-race medication examination, and also slipping into sweetheart mode.Monday notes the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his partner, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her an actual holiday after the Olympics, he performed a crucial action of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles mentioned Bromfield allow him know she had actually inadvertently left her operating spikes at their massage therapy counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Considering that she was running her 1st races of the Olympics eventually Monday early morning, it was actually vital she acquire those spikes." Therefore listed below I go to 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, '. Here I am, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, swaying to my partner's area with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, chuckling." I am actually a great sweetheart." Bromfield ended up third in her warmth, obtaining the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his warmth in the first round of the males's 200m, likewise getting the semifinals.