The shocking definition of the 100 meters flat in Paris 2024: Noah Lyles won the event by millimeters

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The men’s 100-metre race at the Olympic Games is the highest-rated and most anticipated spectacle of the tournament, and Paris 2024 is no exception. Since Los Angeles 1984, it has been defined in less than 10 seconds, including Usain Bolt’s Olympic record (9.63s) at London 2012. This event, followed by millions of people, marked who is the fastest man in the world at the biggest athletics event. And the gold medal went to Noah Lyles.

The lights that came down from the stands and the music that charged the atmosphere with anticipation only heightened the tension on the track in the French capital. And when the protagonists displayed their virtues, the planet came to a standstill for the 9.79 (.784) seconds that it took the American athlete to cross the finish line.

It was a decision full of suspense. The photo that solved the mystery took a while to solve. Jamaican Kishane Thompson, who celebrated in advance and dreamed of climbing to the top of the podium, wiped his smile when he saw that his mark was 9.79 (.789). The bronze medal went to American Fred Kerley, who displayed the Parisian course with a time of 9.81.

Noah Lyles won the gold medal in Paris. Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble

American sprinter Noah Lyles arrived in the City of Light with the firm intention of remaining the fastest man in the world and emulating the iconic Usain Bolt with the triple crown of golds in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay. The 27-year-old performer is the fastest man in the world. At the last World Championships in outdoor athletics in Budapest 2023, he won gold in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay, and at these Olympic Games in Paris his goal is to repeat the triple.

That’s at least because she has also asked to be part of the 4×400 relay team, although the American federation has informed her that she will not be there. Since it is the relay that will close the competition, but since the results so far have been positive, the authorities could reconsider the decision, at least for the series.

If he participates, and in the hypothetical case of winning gold if he also wins the other three, he could equal Jesse Owens (Berlin 1936) and Carl Lewis (Los Angeles 1984) with four golds in the same Games.

With three Olympic golds, something that he sees as feasible and what he aspires to, as he has said on several occasions, the one he would equal is Usain Bolt, the world’s speed king in the three events of Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

The American is one of the stars of the Olympic Village, where he does not stay on the sidelines and lives there like one of the others. He chats with rivals, takes photos with whoever asks him and enjoys being with his teammates. “The line between confidence and arrogance is very blurred. Everything is an opinion. That is why I always say that if you have seen my life and you have seen what I have had to go through, that I have been told literally that you cannot do it for most of my life, they would not talk like that. And here I am again. Achieving almost everything I set out to do,” he said last year at a press conference in Paris, before climbing onto the top step of the 100-meter dash in the French capital.

The American, who signed a multi-million dollar contract with Adidas this season, is going beyond the athletics track. He has his own content channel on YouTube with 167,000 subscribers, works with a creative agency that helps and advises him with content, and his image is associated with a multitude of brands such as Omega and Visa, as well as being the protagonist of documentaries such as one on Netflix that will be released after his Olympic participation in Paris.

PARIS 2024 100 METERS FLAT TIMES