Paris 2024: Noah Lyles wins Olympics gold medal in extraordinary final …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Noah Lyles began his quest to sweep at least three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the men’s 100m titleLyles beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson on the line after both athletes clocked similar times in a tension-packed finalThe American is now the reigning world champion and Olympic champion after his heroics in Budapest last year
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.
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.
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Fred Kerley was third with 9.91 seconds to follow up the silver medal he won three years ago in Tokyo. 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.
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.
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Source: TUKO.co.ke
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