.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the guys's 100m last on Sunday in a historically near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, marking the closest males's 100m competition at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award victory took around half a minute to confirm as the competition finished. Once it was official, Lyles reacted through lifting up his bib and also shouting: "The United States. I told you, I received this." Lyles, mentioned there were actually handful of festivities in the course of his gold-medal night. He spent it talking to media, satisfying a compulsory post-race medicine exam, and getting on sweetheart mode.Monday notes the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his girl, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles stated. While he accepts owing her a genuine getaway after the Olympics, he administered a crucial action of courtliness in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles stated Bromfield let him know she had mistakenly left her operating spikes at their massage therapy counselor's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Due to the fact that she was actually operating her very first competitions of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually imperative she get those spikes." So here I go to 2 a.m., waddling along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and also I'm like, 'Huh. Listed here I am actually, Olympics champion, one hundred gauges, swaying to my girlfriend's room with all this stuff,'" Lyles pointed out, chuckling." I am actually a good sweetheart." Bromfield ended up third in her warmth, getting the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself won his heat in the first round of the men's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.