.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the men's 100m final on Sunday in a historically close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, noting the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold award success took around half a moment to validate as the competition finished. Once it was official, Lyles responded through lifting up his bib and also hollering: "The United States. I told you, I received this." Lyles, claimed there were few festivities during the course of his gold-medal night. He devoted it talking to media, satisfying a necessary post-race medication exam, and slipping into guy mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her a genuine holiday after the Olympics, he conducted a significant act of chivalry in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles stated Bromfield permit him know she had actually accidentally left her jogging spikes at their massage therapy therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Since she was actually running her 1st races of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually necessary she receive those spikes." Thus right here I go to 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, as well as I resemble, 'Huh. Listed here I am actually, Olympics champ, one hundred meters, swaying to my girl's space with all this stuff,'" Lyles said, giggling." I am actually a really good man." Bromfield ended up third in her heat, obtaining the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his warmth in the preliminary of the men's 200m, additionally getting the semifinals.