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SAINT-DENIS, France -- Since last August, Noah Lyles has stood firm and unequivocal in his belief that the title of "world's fastest man" belongs to him.
Sunday night at the Stade de France, he proved it.
With a 9.79-second time that edged him past a world-class field full of elite sprinters, Lyles walked away with his first Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter final.
He earned the victory by beating the man with the world's fastest time this year, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson, by 5,000th of a second.
If Lyles makes the 200-meter finals Wednesday night, he'll have an opportunity to claim a second gold medal.