.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a traditionally close race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest men's 100m race at the Olympics considering that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold award success took approximately half a min to validate as the race finished. Once it was actually formal, Lyles reacted by uplifting his bib and also yelling: "The United States. I informed you, I got this." Lyles, mentioned there were actually handful of festivities in the course of his gold-medal evening. He devoted it speaking to media, fulfilling a compulsory post-race drug examination, and also slipping into sweetheart mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and also his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he acknowledges owing her a true trip after the Olympics, he administered a significant process of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield let him understand she had actually mistakenly left her operating spikes at their massage therapy specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Considering that she was operating her first races of the Olympics later Monday early morning, it was actually necessary she receive those spikes." So right here I go to 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and some toiletries, as well as I feel like, '. Listed below I am actually, Olympics champion, 100 meters, waddling to my girlfriend's space along with all this things,'" Lyles stated, having a good laugh." I am actually a good man." Bromfield finished third in her heat energy, obtaining the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself gained his warmth in the first round of the males's 200m, likewise getting the semifinals.