.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard and Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the males's 100m final on Sunday in an in the past close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics given that 1980, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe news of his gold award triumph took about half a min to validate as the race ended. Once it was formal, Lyles reacted through elevating his bib and also screaming: "The United States. I told you, I obtained this." Lyles, pointed out there were actually couple of parties during the course of his gold-medal evening. He spent it speaking with media, fulfilling an obligatory post-race medicine exam, as well as slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles stated. While he accepts owing her an actual vacation after the Olympics, he carried out an essential act of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles stated Bromfield allow him know she had mistakenly left her running spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Given that she was running her first competitions of the Olympics later Monday morning, it was crucial she acquire those spikes." So below I am at 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I feel like, 'Huh. Listed here I am, Olympics champion, 100 meters, waddling to my partner's room with all this things,'" Lyles claimed, giggling." I am actually a great guy." Bromfield finished third in her warm, applying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself succeeded his heat in the preliminary of the guys's 200m, likewise obtaining the semifinals.