.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the males's 100m final on Sunday in a historically close race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 few seconds, marking the closest guys's 100m competition at the Olympics because 1980, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe information of his gold award victory took approximately half a min to validate as the competition ended. Once it was actually official, Lyles responded by uplifting his bib and also yelling: "The United States. I informed you, I acquired this." Lyles, said there were actually couple of occasions in the course of his gold-medal evening. He spent it speaking to media, fulfilling a compulsory post-race medicine test, and also slipping into partner mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and his girl, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles mentioned. While he acknowledges owing her an actual vacation after the Olympics, he conducted a vital action of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles mentioned Bromfield allow him understand she had actually by mistake left her running spikes at their massage therapy therapist's Airbnb near the Olympic Community. Because she was actually operating her very first competitions of the Olympics later Monday morning, it was actually imperative she acquire 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. Below I am actually, Olympics champ, one hundred gauges, waddling to my partner's room along with all this things,'" Lyles pointed out, having a good laugh." I am actually a really good boyfriend." Bromfield finished third in her warm, applying for the women's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles himself gained his warm in the first round of the men's 200m, also receiving the semifinals.