Noah Lyles was at his beautiful finest within the males’s 100-metre occasion on the Paris Olympics 2024. On Sunday (August 4), the American sprinter completed on prime after beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by the barest of margins at Stade de France. Lyles gained gold together with his private better of 9.784 seconds, solely 0.005 greater than Thompson’s 9.789 seconds.
USA’s Fred Kerley gained the bronze medal together with his season’s finest timing of 9.81 seconds. Again within the Tokyo Olympics, Lyles gained bronze in 200m metres after dropping to Canada’s Andre De Grasse and USA’s Kenneth Bednarek, however this time round, he didn’t miss out on claiming the highest spot. Lyles put in his career-best efficiency and that was sufficient for him to safe gold.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who gained gold within the Tokyo Olympics, completed at fifth with a timing of 9.85 seconds. The race was near the extent that Indirect Seville of Jamaica, who completed eighth, had a timing of 9.91 seconds.
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‘I’m the person’
After the occasion, Lyles mentioned that he was hell bent on proving level that he’s the “wolf amongst wolves”. The 27-year-old mentioned that he wished to come back out on prime within the “onerous battle”.
“It is the one I wished, it is the onerous battle, it is the wonderful opponents. Everyone got here ready for the struggle and I wished to show that I am the person amongst all of them, I am the wolf amongst wolves,” Lyles mentioned, as quoted by Reuters.
Together with his victory, Lyles additionally gained the title for the USA for the primary time in 20 years. For the primary time within the historical past of the wind-legal 100 metres race, eight males broke 10 seconds.
Other than his laurels on the Olympics, Lyles additionally gained six gold medals within the World Championships and 5 golds within the Diamond League.