USA sprinter Noah Lyles wins first Olympic gold in epic men's 100M final

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Noah Lyles finally has his Olympic gold medal.

After talking the talk for quite some time and dominating the world championships last year, the Gainesville, Florida, native is now walking the walk, as he won the men’s 100-meter final on Sunday in Paris.

Lyles crossed the finish line in 9.79784 seconds, a personal best, and winning by five-thousandths of a second (it will officially go in the books as a 9.80).

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Noah Lyles celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the men's 100m final during the Olympic Games at Stade de France on Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

A long photo finish review was necessary to officially crown Lyles champion, as he looked on intently alongside Jamaican Kishane Thompson, whom the broadcast thought won with the naked eye.

When the result was official, he had seven words:

"America, I told you, I got next!"

Lyles then draped an American flag around his shoulders to take a well-deserved, very long victory lap – American Fred Kerley got the bronze with 9.81.

Lyles is the first American to win the event at the Olympics since Justin Gatlin did so in 2004. It's the fifth gold medal won by Americans on Sunday (golfer Scottie Scheffler, cyclist Kristen Faulkner, swimmer Bobby Finke, and the women's 4x100 medley relay team).

The 27-year-old ran a 9.83 in the semifinal, automatically qualifying by finishing second in that race. He caught some flak on Saturday for finishing in second place in a heat, saying that his "plan" was to finish in first from there on out. That didn’t happen – but it’ll all be forgotten about now, as he finished