Andrew Greif is a freelance sports journalist.
PARIS — Bold-talking American sprinting star Noah Lyles arrived at the Paris Olympics announcing his intentions of leaving with four gold medals. One down, three to go. The 27-year-old from Virginia won his first Olympic gold medal Sunday by bolting to the 100-meter title in a personal-best 9.79 seconds in front of a sold-out, deafening Stade de France crowd.
Then, from the seventh lane, he outlasted a past Olympic champion , a former world champion and the owner of the year’s fastest time . Lyles ripped off his bib with his name while celebrating, thrusting it toward the crowd before appearing to wipe away tears. Though Lyles claimed the unofficial title of “world’s fastest man” after winning last year’s world championship at 100 meters, he was not the fastest man in his own first-round qualifying heat Saturday, needing to work to run 10.
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