After much anticipation, USA sprinter Noah Lyles won his very first Olympic gold medal on Sunday, taking home the men's 100-meter sprint.
After dominating the world championships last year, Noah Lyles finally has his Olympic gold medal. After talking the talk for quite some time, the Gainesville, Fla., native is now walking the walk, as he won the men’s 100-meter final on Sunday in Paris. Lyles crossed the finish line in 9.79784 seconds, a personal best, and winning by five-thousandths of a second.
long photo finish review was necessary to officially crown Lyles champion, as he looked on intently alongside Jamaican Kishane Thompson. Lyles is the first American to win the event at the Olympics since Justin Gatlin did so in 2004. It's the fifth gold medal won by Americans on Sunday . The 27-year-old ran a 9.83 in the semifinal, automatically qualifying by finishing second in that race.
think track does better when we do have a superstar. That’s why I think if Noah were to win, he would elevate the sport as well. As opposed to saying ‘I wonder who’s going to win,’ people want to say ‘I want him’ or ‘I don’t want him.’ They want to root for someone, or root against someone. I think it creates more intensity when you have someone that dominates, and that’s been throughout history. . . . People have really gravitated to the sport when people really dominated more.
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