The star Noah Lylesfrom the United States, became the new king of the star event of athletics of the United States on Sunday, August 4. Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesthe men’s 100 metres, in a race with an ending as exciting as it was incredible.
The Budapest 2023 world champion repeated the feat and won the 100-meter final thanks to a time of 9.79 seconds. He took the gold medal amid a climate of euphoria in every corner of the Stade de France.
The finale was thrilling, as the silver medal winner, the Jamaican Kishane Thompsonalso clocked 9.79 seconds. However, the American ended up taking the gold as, according to the official stopwatch, Noah Lyles set a time of 9.784 seconds and Thompson, 9.789.
While the bronze went to Fred Kerleyalso from the United States, who clocked a time of 9.81 seconds and returned to the Olympic podium. She had won the silver medal at Tokyo 2020.
The United States thus regains gold in the men’s 100 meters at the Olympic Games after 20 years. The last Olympic champion in that discipline had been Justin Gatlinwhen she won the 100-metre final at Athens 2004 with a time of 9.85 seconds.
For his part, the champion of Tokio 2020the Italian Marcell Jacobswho had barely qualified for the final, finished in 5th place and was unable to defend his Olympic title.
