Lyles wins Olympic 100m gold in closest finish in modern history
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Paris: World champion NoahLylesroared to victory in 9.79sec to claim gold in a dramatic men s Olympic 100m final in Paris on Sunday. Lyleswon in th...
Paris: 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 -- just five thousandths of a second separated him from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson who clocked the same time of 9.79sec.
It made Lyles the first American, male or female, to win the event since Justin Gatlin took gold in the 2004 Athens Games.
"It's the one I wanted," said Lyles. "It's the hard battle, it's the amazing opponents.
"Everybody's healthy, everybody came prepared for the fight and I wanted to prove that I'm the man amongst all of them. I'm the wolf amongst wolves." Lyles' victory was only confirmed after a photo-finish.