.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the guys's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics given that 1980, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe headlines of his gold medal success took roughly half a minute to verify as the competition finished. Once it was actually formal, Lyles reacted by uplifting his bib and also shouting: "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 spent it talking to media, meeting a required post-race medicine exam, and also slipping into guy mode.Monday denotes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he accepts owing her a real trip after the Olympics, he performed a necessary action of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield allow him know she had actually mistakenly left her operating spikes at their massage therapy specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Considering that she was actually operating her first competitions of the Olympics later on Monday early morning, it was actually necessary she obtain those spikes." Therefore below I am at 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, '. Here I am, Olympics champion, one hundred gauges, swaying to my girlfriend's room with all this things,'" Lyles stated, laughing." I am actually a good boyfriend." Bromfield finished third in her heat energy, qualifying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself won his heat energy in the first round of the men's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.