.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the guys's 100m last on Sunday in a traditionally close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 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 information of his gold medal victory took approximately half a min to affirm as the competition finished. Once it was actually official, Lyles responded through lifting up his bib as well as yelling: "America. I informed you, I obtained this." Lyles, claimed there were actually few events throughout his gold-medal evening. He spent it speaking with media, satisfying a necessary post-race medicine exam, and also getting on man mode.Monday notes the two-year wedding anniversary for Lyles and also his girlfriend, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles said. While he confesses owing her an actual holiday after the Olympics, he performed an important action of chivalry in the wee hours Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles claimed Bromfield permit him understand she had actually by accident left her jogging spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Because she was actually managing her first competitions of the Olympics later on Monday early morning, it was imperative she receive those spikes." Therefore below I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and I feel like, 'Huh. Below I am, Olympics champ, one hundred gauges, waddling to my partner's space along with all this things,'" Lyles claimed, having a good laugh." I'm a really good man." Bromfield completed third in her heat energy, applying for the girls's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself succeeded his heat energy in the first round of the men's 200m, also receiving the semifinals.