.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the men's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past close race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest men's 100m race at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award triumph took approximately half a minute to validate as the race ended. Once it was actually official, Lyles reacted by raising his bib and also screaming: "The United States. I informed you, I got this." Lyles, stated there were couple of events in the course of his gold-medal night. He spent it speaking to media, satisfying a required post-race drug test, as well as slipping into man mode.Monday marks the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles as well as his sweetheart, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he acknowledges owing her a true trip after the Olympics, he carried out a vital act of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles pointed out Bromfield let him know she had actually inadvertently left her jogging spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Considering that she was actually operating her first races of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was necessary she receive those spikes." Thus here I go to 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I'm like, 'Huh. Listed here I am actually, Olympics champ, one hundred meters, swaying to my girl's area along with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, giggling." I am actually an excellent sweetheart." Bromfield completed third in her warmth, receiving the females's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his heat energy in the first round of the males's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.