.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the guys's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 seconds, noting the closest males's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold award victory took roughly half a minute to affirm as the race finished. Once it was official, Lyles reacted through raising his bib and also yelling: "America. I informed you, I acquired this." Lyles, pointed out there were actually few parties in the course of his gold-medal night. He spent it talking to media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race medication test, as well as slipping into man mode.Monday denotes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles as well as his girl, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he accepts owing her a real trip after the Olympics, he conducted a crucial process of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles mentioned Bromfield permit him recognize she had actually mistakenly left her jogging spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Because she was running her initial competitions of the Olympics later Monday early morning, it was actually imperative she obtain those spikes." Therefore listed below I go to 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and also I'm like, 'Huh. Right here I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, waddling to my sweetheart's space with all this stuff,'" Lyles stated, having a good laugh." I am actually a really good sweetheart." Bromfield finished third in her warm, getting approved for the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his heat in the preliminary of the males's 200m, likewise getting the semifinals.