.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduateNoah Lyles won gold in the men's 100m ultimate on Sunday in a historically near race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 few seconds, denoting the closest males's 100m competition at the Olympics because 1980, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold medal victory took approximately half a moment to validate as the competition finished. Once it was actually main, Lyles responded through lifting up his bib and also hollering: "America. I informed you, I received this." Lyles, said there were actually few festivities during the course of his gold-medal evening. He spent it speaking with media, meeting a mandatory post-race medicine examination, and also slipping into partner mode.Monday notes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his partner, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he confesses owing her a true trip after the Olympics, he carried out an important act of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles mentioned Bromfield allow him recognize she had accidentally left her jogging spikes at their massage therapy specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Due to the fact that she was operating her initial races of the Olympics eventually Monday early morning, it was essential she receive those spikes." Therefore here I go to 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, as well as I resemble, '. Right here I am actually, Olympics champion, 100 gauges, waddling to my girlfriend's room with all this stuff,'" Lyles pointed out, giggling." I am actually a good guy." Bromfield completed third in her heat, applying for the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his heat in the first round of the males's 200m, also receiving the semifinals.