.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the men's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a historically close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, denoting the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold award triumph took approximately half a minute to confirm as the competition finished. Once it was actually official, Lyles responded through elevating his bib as well as yelling: "United States. I told you, I got this." Lyles, claimed there were handful of festivities throughout his gold-medal night. He invested it speaking to media, meeting a compulsory post-race medication test, and also slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday denotes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his sweetheart, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he acknowledges owing her a real holiday after the Olympics, he carried out a crucial act of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles pointed out Bromfield permit him know she had actually by mistake left her jogging spikes at their massage therapy counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Since she was actually running her 1st competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was important she acquire those spikes." Thus below I am at 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, as well as I feel like, '. Here I am actually, Olympics champ, 100 meters, swaying to my partner's room along with all this things,'" Lyles pointed out, having a good laugh." I am actually an excellent sweetheart." Bromfield ended up third in her heat energy, receiving the girls's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his heat energy in the preliminary of the guys's 200m, additionally obtaining the semifinals.