.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a traditionally near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 secs, denoting the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics since 1980, depending on to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe headlines of his gold award victory took roughly half a moment to validate as the competition finished. Once it was official, Lyles responded through lifting up his bib and yelling: "The United States. I told you, I acquired this." Lyles, mentioned there were few parties during the course of his gold-medal night. He invested it talking to media, fulfilling a necessary post-race medicine exam, as well as getting on guy mode.Monday notes the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he admits owing her an actual trip after the Olympics, he performed an essential action of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles pointed out Bromfield let him know she had actually unintentionally left her running spikes at their massage therapy counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Due to the fact that she was running her first competitions of the Olympics later on Monday morning, it was crucial she receive those spikes." So listed here I am at 2 a.m., swaying with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I'm like, 'Huh. Listed here I am, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, waddling to my sweetheart's space with all this things,'" Lyles stated, chuckling." I am actually a good man." Bromfield ended up third in her heat energy, getting approved for the girls's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself succeeded his heat in the preliminary of the males's 200m, likewise getting the semifinals.