.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the guys's 100m last on Sunday in a historically near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe headlines of his gold medal success took about half a moment to affirm as the race ended. Once it was actually official, Lyles reacted by uplifting his bib as well as hollering: "The United States. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, mentioned there were actually few festivities in the course of his gold-medal night. He devoted it consulting with media, satisfying a necessary post-race medicine test, and also slipping into sweetheart mode.Monday notes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his partner, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles claimed. While he accepts owing her a genuine trip after the Olympics, he performed an important action of chivalry in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield permit him know she had actually by accident left her operating spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Due to the fact that she was actually managing her first competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually critical she acquire those spikes." Thus listed below I go to 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and also I'm like, '. Here I am, Olympics champ, 100 gauges, swaying to my partner's area along with all this things,'" Lyles said, giggling." I am actually a great guy." Bromfield completed third in her heat, receiving the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his heat in the preliminary of the guys's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.