.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the men's 100m final on Sunday in a historically near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award victory took about half a minute to affirm as the race finished. Once it was actually formal, Lyles responded by raising his bib as well as hollering: "United States. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, said there were handful of occasions during his gold-medal evening. He invested it speaking with media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race medication examination, as well as getting on partner mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his partner, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he admits owing her a real vacation after the Olympics, he conducted an essential act of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles pointed out Bromfield let him recognize she had mistakenly left her operating spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Since she was actually managing her very first competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually necessary she obtain those spikes." Therefore listed below I am at 2 a.m., swaying with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, as well as I'm like, 'Huh. Right here I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, swaying to my girl's area with all this stuff,'" Lyles pointed out, giggling." I'm a really good partner." Bromfield completed third in her warmth, qualifying for the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself won his warmth in the first round of the males's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.