.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a traditionally close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 few seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, depending on to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award victory took approximately half a min to verify as the race finished. Once it was official, Lyles responded by uplifting his bib and hollering: "America. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, stated there were few events throughout his gold-medal evening. He devoted it talking with media, fulfilling a required post-race medicine examination, as well as slipping into man mode.Monday notes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and also his partner, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles claimed. While he confesses owing her a true getaway after the Olympics, he carried out an important act of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles mentioned Bromfield permit him recognize she had actually unintentionally left her running spikes at their massage therapy specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Since she was actually running her 1st races of the Olympics later on Monday morning, it was actually vital she get those spikes." So below I go to 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, '. Below I am, Olympics champion, one hundred gauges, swaying to my girl's area with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, chuckling." I'm a great guy." Bromfield finished third in her heat energy, qualifying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself gained his heat in the first round of the guys's 200m, also qualifying for the semifinals.