.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduateNoah Lyles gained gold in the guys's 100m ultimate on Sunday in an in the past near race.He beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through 0.005 secs, marking the closest men's 100m competition at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe updates of his gold medal victory took about half a minute to validate as the race ended. Once it was actually main, Lyles responded by raising his bib as well as yelling: "America. I told you, I received this." Lyles, stated there were actually couple of celebrations in the course of his gold-medal night. He invested it talking with media, meeting a compulsory post-race drug examination, as well as slipping into boyfriend mode.Monday denotes the two-year anniversary for Lyles as well as his partner, Jamaican 400-meter jogger Junelle Bromfield, Lyles pointed out. While he admits owing her a real vacation after the Olympics, he performed an important process of chivalry in the wee hrs Monday morning.Around 2 a.m. Paris opportunity, Lyles pointed out Bromfield permit him recognize she had actually unintentionally left her operating spikes at their massage specialist's Airbnb near the Olympic Village. Considering that she was actually operating her initial races of the Olympics eventually Monday morning, it was actually imperative she receive those spikes." So listed here I am at 2 a.m., waddling with a spike bag, my bag and also some toiletries, and also I'm like, 'Huh. Right here I am, Olympics champion, one hundred meters, swaying to my sweetheart's room with all this things,'" Lyles mentioned, chuckling." I am actually a really good boyfriend." Bromfield ended up third in her warm, qualifying for the ladies's 400m semifinals on Wednesday. Lyles themself won his heat in the first round of the males's 200m, also receiving the semifinals.