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| Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men’s 100m final |
Noah Lyles won the men’s 100m Olympic title after edging Kishane Thompson by the finest of margins on Sunday night. Lyles won the race on the line, beating Thompson by just nanoseconds in one of the most exciting finals in Olympics history. Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men’s 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on August 4, 2024. Both athletes clocked 9.79 seconds, but Lyles was awarded the win after a pensive wait for the result of the photo finish. Replays show that the American dipped his head across the line just in time to become the new Olympic champion. Fred Kerley was third with 9.91 seconds to follow up the silver medal he won three years ago in Tokyo.
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The reigning champion, Marcel Jacobs, was fifth behind South Africa’s Akani Simbine. Thompson was the fastest man in the world this year heading into the Olympics while Lyles was seeking to test himself further after winning the world title in Budapest last year. Lyles wins Olympic 100m title Thompson and his Jamaica compatriot Oblique Seville were the standout performers in the semi-finals, clocking 9.80 seconds to set up the grand finish. The Jamaican thought he had won it on the line, but the screen showed that Lyles had just beaten him to it in his debut in a senior global championship. All the athletes clocked a sub-10, with only Oblique Seville not running under 9.9 seconds. Lyles’ medal haul will continue on Monday when he competes in his favourite 200m, looking to become the first person to double since the great Usain Bolt.
by Martin Moses