.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Guard and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the men's 100m last on Sunday in a historically near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold award triumph took approximately half a moment to confirm as the race finished. Once it was main, Lyles responded through lifting up his bib and also screaming: "The United States. I informed you, I acquired this." Lyles, said there were actually handful of events throughout his gold-medal night. He invested it talking with media, fulfilling a mandatory post-race medication exam, and also getting on man mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles and also his sweetheart, Jamaican 400-meter runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he confesses owing her a real holiday after the Olympics, he administered a vital act of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles said Bromfield let him understand she had actually inadvertently left her operating spikes at their massage therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Because she was actually operating her 1st competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was crucial she obtain those spikes." So right here I go to 2 a.m., swaying with a spike bag, my bag and some toiletries, as well as I resemble, 'Huh. Right here I am actually, Olympics champ, 100 gauges, waddling to my partner's room with all this things,'" Lyles said, laughing." I'm an excellent sweetheart." Bromfield ended up third in her heat, getting the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his warm in the preliminary of the men's 200m, also obtaining the semifinals.