.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Guard and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the men's 100m final on Sunday in a traditionally near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics because 1980, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold medal victory took about half a moment to affirm as the competition finished. Once it was formal, Lyles responded through elevating his bib and also hollering: "The United States. I informed you, I acquired this." Lyles, stated there were actually couple of celebrations during the course of his gold-medal night. He spent it speaking to media, satisfying a mandatory post-race medicine test, and getting on guy mode.Monday marks the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and his partner, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her a real trip after the Olympics, he administered a necessary action of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles claimed Bromfield let him recognize she had actually by accident left her running spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Due to the fact that she was actually managing her first races of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was crucial she receive those spikes." Therefore listed here I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and some toiletries, and I'm like, 'Huh. Listed here I am actually, Olympics champion, 100 meters, waddling to my sweetheart's space with all this stuff,'" Lyles mentioned, laughing." I am actually an excellent guy." Bromfield finished third in her warmth, qualifying for the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his heat in the first round of the guys's 200m, additionally getting approved for the semifinals.