.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the men's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a historically close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, marking the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics since 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold award success took around half a min to validate as the competition finished. Once it was actually official, Lyles reacted through uplifting his bib as well as yelling: "America. I told you, I got this." Lyles, claimed there were actually few parties throughout his gold-medal night. He spent it talking with media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race medication examination, and also slipping into guy mode.Monday denotes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girl, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her a true getaway after the Olympics, he conducted a vital process of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles stated Bromfield permit him recognize she had actually mistakenly left her jogging spikes at their massage counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Given that she was managing her very first competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually necessary she acquire those spikes." Therefore listed here I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, as well as I feel like, '. Listed below I am actually, Olympics champion, 100 gauges, waddling to my partner's space with all this things,'" Lyles stated, giggling." I'm an excellent sweetheart." Bromfield ended up third in her warm, applying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself won his heat energy in the first round of the guys's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.