.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the males's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, noting the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe headlines of his gold medal triumph took approximately half a minute to confirm as the competition finished. Once it was actually official, Lyles responded by lifting up his bib and screaming: "The United States. I informed you, I got this." Lyles, pointed out there were couple of celebrations in the course of his gold-medal evening. He devoted it talking to media, meeting a required post-race drug exam, and also getting on partner mode.Monday denotes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her a true holiday after the Olympics, he administered an essential process of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles said Bromfield allow him recognize she had actually mistakenly left her running spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Due to the fact that she was running her first races of the Olympics later on Monday morning, it was necessary she obtain those spikes." Thus right here I am at 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, 'Huh. Listed below I am, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, waddling to my partner's room along with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, having a good laugh." I am actually a good partner." Bromfield finished third in her warmth, getting the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his warm in the preliminary of the males's 200m, additionally applying for the semifinals.