Noah Lyles Claims Gold in Men's 100m Final at 2024 Paris Olympics
Noah Lyles of the USA wins and celebrates his victory in the 100m race at the Meeting de Paris Wanda Diamond League 2023 athletics event on June 9, 2023, at Charlety Stadium in Paris, France.
Credit: Victor Velter
By: Joshua Martin
Many may consider Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles a bit braggadocious but he certainly has the chops to back it up. On August 4th, Lyles won his career-first gold in the men’s 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The newly decorated gold medalist proved to be the “ world’s fastest man” with a personal best record of 9.784 seconds. Defeating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who previously held the world’s fastest time in 2024, by 0.005 of a second.
In post-race presser with ESPN, Lyles detailed how close the race was and openly admitted he thought he might lose to Thompson. Having to “lean” forward to secure the photo finish
“We were waiting for the names to pop up, and I’m going to be honest, I came over [Jamaica’s Thompson], and I was like: ‘I think you got that one, big dawg! Something said I need to lean, and I was like, ‘I’m going to lean,’ because it’s that type of race.”
I Told You America I Got This! #OlympicChampion pic.twitter.com/boBOZv3650
— Noah Lyles, OLY (@LylesNoah) August 4, 2024
“What’s crazy is my [biomechanist] Ralph Mann, before I left for Paris, he’s like, ‘This is how close first and second is going to be away from each other. I can’t believe how right he was.”
His journey to his gold medal moment wasn’t full of first-place finishes. In June, Lyles suffered a close loss in the semi final qualifying race with a 9.83-second time, losing to Jamaica’s Oblique Seville by 0.02 seconds. Oblique stared him down towards the end of that the race, however Noah would get the last laugh with a first place finish this go around. Seville completed the competition in last place.
Two months ago, Oblique Seville stared down Noah Lyles at the Racers Grand Prix. Noah Lyles made it known he wouldn’t forget ✍️
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 4, 2024
Today he just claimed the title of fastest man alive 🔥 pic.twitter.com/gOzdrWqxv0
Noah will have the opportunity to take home a second gold medal when he runs in the 200-meter final on Thursday, August 8th.
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