{"id":116186,"date":"2024-08-04T23:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/noah-lyles-wins-mens-100m-gold-in-photo-finish-at-paris-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T23:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:21:51","slug":"noah-lyles-wins-mens-100m-gold-in-photo-finish-at-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/noah-lyles-wins-mens-100m-gold-in-photo-finish-at-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Lyles Wins Mens 100m Gold in Photo-Finish at Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It would be fair to say that American track star Noah Lyles<\/strong> has reached the pinnacle of his sport \u2013 if he hadn\u2019t spent months setting an even higher goal for himself.<\/p>\n

The sprinter took home the gold in the men\u2019s 100m, a first for the Florida native, at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics<\/a>. Lyles\u2019 win was the closest on record, as he beat his nearest competitor (Jamaica\u2019s Kishane Thompson<\/strong>) by five-thousandths of a second (.005). The most recent comparable race to this year\u2019s photo-finish came in Moscow 1980, well before times were recorded to such a granular level. Great Britain\u2019s Allan Wells<\/strong> and Cuba\u2019s Silvio Sarria<\/strong> both notched a time of 10.25 seconds, with Wells taking the gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did think Thompson had it at the end,\u201d Lyles shared with reporters,<\/a> about the close finish. \u201cI went up to him when we were waiting and I said, \u2018I think you got that one, big dog.\u2019 And then my name popped up and I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my gosh, I\u2019m amazing.\u2019<\/p>\n

Lyles\u2019 win is the first time an American has taken the top prize in the race in 20 years, with the years between Justin Gatlin\u2019s 2004 Athens win and the present filled by the indomitable run of Jamaica\u2019s Usain Bolt<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s that retired superstar who the press-savvy Lyles sees as his biggest competition, as he\u2019s frequently boasted that his goal is to top the string of records set by the world\u2019s fastest man.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>All of the Must-See Photos From the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tThe 2024 Paris Olympics have created several picture-perfect moments since kicking off on July 26. Perhaps the most viral snap came during the third round of the men\u2019s surfing competition on July 29. After completing a barrel ride in Teahupo\u2019o, Tahiti, Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina soared in the air and pointed his finger toward the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Both Bolt\u2019s Olympic and world records in the 100m were safe on Sunday. Bolt set his Olympic record in 2012 with a time of 9.63, more than a tenth of a second faster than Lyles\u2019 winning time of 9.79 (his personal best). Bolt\u2019s world record is even more distant, a staggeringly fast sprint of 9.58 seconds that he set in 2009.<\/p>\n

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