.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the guys's 100m final on Sunday in a historically near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 few seconds, marking the closest males's 100m race at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award victory took approximately half a min to verify as the competition ended. Once it was formal, Lyles responded through raising his bib and also shouting: "The United States. I informed you, I received this." Lyles, mentioned there were actually few celebrations during the course of his gold-medal evening. He devoted it consulting with media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race medicine examination, and getting on man mode.Monday notes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girl, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he confesses owing her a true holiday after the Olympics, he conducted a necessary act of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles stated Bromfield allow him recognize she had by accident left her running spikes at their massage counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Since she was operating her first races of the Olympics later Monday morning, it was actually vital she acquire those spikes." Therefore here I am at 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I resemble, 'Huh. Listed here I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, waddling to my partner's room with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, giggling." I'm an excellent sweetheart." Bromfield completed third in her heat, getting approved for the girls's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself won his warm in the first round of the guys's 200m, additionally getting the semifinals.