Bleacher Report · Aug 4, 2024
Noah Lyles' 100m Gold Sets Stage for First US Sprint Double Since Carl Lewis
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Noah Lyles won the men's 100-meter final in a photo finish Sunday, defeating Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second. He now has the chance to become the first American man to win the sprint double—gold in the 100- and 200-meter races in the same Olympics—since Carl Lewis in 1984 and just the third man to win it in the last 50 years. Jamaica's Usain Bolt accomplished the feat for three Olympics in a row, in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Lyles' time of 9.79(.784) seconds was a personal best for him. Neither he nor Thompson was certain who had won for nearly a minute, until a video review of the finish was completed.