.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the men's 100m final on Sunday in a historically near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 secs, marking the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics since 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold award triumph took approximately half a minute to confirm as the competition ended. Once it was formal, Lyles reacted by raising his bib as well as screaming: "America. I informed you, I got this." Lyles, mentioned there were actually few celebrations during the course of his gold-medal evening. He spent it speaking to media, meeting a compulsory post-race medication examination, as well as slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday notes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he accepts owing her an actual trip after the Olympics, he performed an important process of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles claimed Bromfield permit him know she had actually unintentionally left her operating spikes at their massage counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Considering that she was actually running her first competitions of the Olympics later on Monday early morning, it was critical she acquire those spikes." Therefore below I go to 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag and some toiletries, and also I feel like, '. Here I am, Olympics champ, one hundred meters, waddling to my partner's space along with all this stuff,'" Lyles mentioned, chuckling." I'm a great guy." Bromfield finished third in her warmth, getting approved for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself won his heat energy in the preliminary of the guys's 200m, likewise receiving the semifinals.