.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 College graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the men's 100m last on Sunday in a traditionally close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, noting the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold medal victory took about half a min to validate as the competition ended. Once it was formal, Lyles reacted through raising his bib and also shouting: "The United States. I informed you, I got this." Lyles, stated there were actually couple of parties in the course of his gold-medal night. He spent it consulting with media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race drug examination, as well as slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and also his sweetheart, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he acknowledges owing her a real trip after the Olympics, he performed a crucial act of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield let him know she had inadvertently left her operating spikes at their massage therapy specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Considering that she was running her very first races of the Olympics later on Monday morning, it was actually crucial she obtain those spikes." Therefore right here I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I'm like, '. Below I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, waddling to my sweetheart's area with all this things,'" Lyles claimed, laughing." I am actually an excellent man." Bromfield completed third in her warm, receiving the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself succeeded his heat in the first round of the men's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.