Noah Lyles wins a historically close Olympic 100-meter sprint by five-thousandths of a second
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles paced on the far end of the track, hands folded over the top of his head, wistfully looking up at a scoreboard that would, sooner or later, flash an answer he’s been seeking over three sweat-soaked years. “He said, ‘This is how close first and second are going to be,’” Lyles said as he pinched his thumb and his forefinger together so they were almost touching. It was so close, that when the sprinters crossed the line and the word “Photo” popped up next to the names of Lyles, Thompson and five others in the eight-man field, Lyles walked over to the Jamaican and said “I think you got the Olympics dog.” Thompson, who raced three lanes to the left of Lyles and had no clue where he was on the track, wasn’t convinced. “I thought ‘Man, that’s my thing, that’s crazy,’” Lyles said. “Seeing that name, I was like ‘Oh my gosh, there it is!’” Lyles said.
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