.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduateNoah Lyles succeeded gold in the guys's 100m final on Sunday in a historically close race.He defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 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 award triumph took approximately half a minute to verify as the race finished. Once it was actually main, Lyles responded by raising his bib and also shouting: "America. I informed you, I acquired this." Lyles, pointed out there were actually handful of festivities during his gold-medal evening. He invested it talking with media, satisfying a necessary post-race medication test, as well as getting on sweetheart mode.Monday marks the two-year anniversary for Lyles and also his sweetheart, Jamaican 400-meter distance runner Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he confesses owing her an actual trip after the Olympics, he carried out a crucial act of courtliness in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris time, Lyles claimed Bromfield let him recognize she had accidentally left her operating spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Town. Given that she was actually operating her 1st races of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually critical she receive those spikes." So here I am at 2 a.m., swaying along with a spike bag, my bag as well as some toiletries, and I feel like, '. Here I am actually, Olympics champ, 100 gauges, waddling to my partner's area with all this stuff,'" Lyles stated, chuckling." I am actually a really good boyfriend." Bromfield completed third in her heat energy, qualifying for the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself gained his heat energy in the preliminary of the males's 200m, likewise getting approved for the semifinals.