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Paris 2024: America's Noah Lyles sprints for gold in dramatic 100m final
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.
Thompson so close as Jamaica-US rivalry rumbles on
PARIS : Jamaica's Kishane Thompson came so close to emulating his compatriot Usain Bolt and becoming Olympic 100 metres champion on Sunday but American Noah Lyles denied him by a heartbeat.
Showman 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 to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.
Lyles rides rollercoaster to 100m gold
PARIS :A phone call with his therapist after a worrying semi-final helped propel Noah Lyles to the top of the Olympic podium on Sunday, after years of rebuilding his mental health to reach the pinnacle of his sport.
2024 Olympics: Sports world reacts to Noah Lyles winning 100m - ESPN
Noah Lyles won gold in the men's 100-meter final at the 2024 Paris Games on Sunday with a .005-second margin, ending a 20-year American gold medal drought in the event.
USA sprinter Noah Lyles wins first Olympic gold in epic men's 100M final
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Paris Olympics 2024: American Noah Lyles Wins Men's 100m Gold Medal
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 became the first American, male or female, to win the event since Justin Gatlin won in the 2004 Athens Games. In a photo-finish, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson claimed silver, just five-thousandths of a second off Lyles' pace. Lyles' US teammate Fred Kerley took bronze in 9.81sec, just one-hundredth ahead of South African Akani Simbine, who timed 9.82sec. Defending champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy was fifth in 9.85sec, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo sixth in 9.86sec, American Kenny Bednarek seventh in 9.88sec and Jamaican Oblique Seville eighth in 9.91sec in an astonishing race.