Olympic 100 metres champion Noah Lyles feared photo finish had gone against him
Newly-crowned Olympic champion Noah Lyles revealed he thought Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson had beaten him to 100 metres gold following their photo finish in Paris.
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Leigh Diffey on botched Paris Olympics 100 meters call - 'I got it wrong' - ESPN
PARIS — NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said «I got it wrong» on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters. The race was a photo finish and the gold went to American sprinter Noah Lyles.
'You fought hard': Simbine earns respect of SA in closest Olympic men's 100m final
An Olympic medal continues to elude South African sprinter Akani Simbine after he finished fourth by a whisker in the men's 100m final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Warholm enjoys confident start to 400 hurdles title defence
PARIS : Norway's Karsten Warholm cruised through his 400 metres hurdles heat in Paris on Monday, setting himself on a collision course with key rivals Rai Benjamin of the United States and Brazilian Alison dos Santos in his Olympic title defence.
Noah Lyles wins gold for U.S. in 100m by 0.005 of a second - ESPN
SAINT-DENIS, France — Since last August, Noah Lyles has stood firm and unequivocal in his belief that the title of «world's fastest man» belongs to him.
Noah Lyles Triumphs In Olympic 100m Thriller After Novak Djokovic 'Golden Slam'
US sprint king Noah Lyles powered to gold by just five thousands of a second Sunday in the closest 100m in modern Olympic history, as Novak Djokovic added a tennis gold medal to his glittering CV. A thrilling ninth day of Olympic action also saw two world records tumble in the Paris pool, the first-ever gymnastics gold for an African nation and the Refugee Team's first medal in history. But as darkness fell, all eyes were trained on the lilac track of the Stade de France, where Lyles, 27, was bidding to end two decades of Olympic sprinting hurt for the US.
Why Noah Lyles Beat Kishane Thompson To Men's 100m Gold Despite Both Clocking 9.79 Seconds
World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79sec to claim gold in a dramatic men's Olympic 100m final in Paris on Sunday. Lyles won in the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history as just five thousandths of a second separated him from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson. Both were given the rounded-up time of 9.79sec but the American's name carried the all-important (.784) to Thompson's (.789.) It made Lyles the first American, male or female, to win the event since Justin Gatlin took gold in the 2004 Athens Games.
Showman Noah Lyles wins 100m gold by five thousandths of a second
PARIS: After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the closest-ever Olympic 100 metres final by five-thousandths of a second on Sunday (Aug 4) to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.