.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Guard and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the guys's 100m final on Sunday in an in the past near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest males's 100m competition at the Olympics considering that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold medal triumph took around half a min to confirm as the competition finished. Once it was actually main, Lyles responded through raising his bib and also shouting: "America. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, pointed out there were actually couple of occasions during the course of his gold-medal evening. He invested it talking with media, meeting an obligatory post-race medicine exam, as well as slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday marks the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girl, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles claimed. While he acknowledges owing her a real getaway after the Olympics, he conducted an essential action of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles stated Bromfield allow him understand she had unintentionally left her jogging spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Considering that she was managing her first races of the Olympics eventually Monday early morning, it was actually vital she obtain those spikes." So listed below I am at 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, '. Right here I am, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, swaying to my girl's room with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, having a good laugh." I am actually a great partner." Bromfield finished third in her warm, getting approved for the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself gained his heat energy in the first round of the males's 200m, also getting approved for the semifinals.