.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the men's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, denoting the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics considering that 1980, depending on to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold award triumph took roughly half a min to confirm as the race ended. Once it was actually official, Lyles responded by uplifting his bib as well as screaming: "United States. I told you, I received this." Lyles, pointed out there were few occasions during the course of his gold-medal evening. He spent it talking with media, satisfying a required post-race medicine test, and also getting on man mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he accepts owing her an actual vacation after the Olympics, he carried out a vital process of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield permit him recognize she had actually unintentionally left her running spikes at their massage therapy counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Due to the fact that she was actually running her very first races of the Olympics later on Monday morning, it was actually imperative she get those spikes." So here I go to 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and also I resemble, '. Here I am, Olympics champ, 100 gauges, waddling to my girlfriend's space with all this stuff,'" Lyles said, giggling." I'm a really good guy." Bromfield ended up third in her heat, obtaining the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his heat energy in the preliminary of the men's 200m, also obtaining the semifinals.