Noah Lyles Wins Olympic Gold In 100-Meter By Five-Thousandths Of A Second

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. Ten seconds passed, then 20. Then, nearly 30. And then, the answer popped up. Yes, Lyles is the 100-meter champion at the Paris Olympics. The World’s Fastest Man. Just not by very much. The American showman edged out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson on Sunday by five-thousandths of a second — that’s .005 of one tick of the clock — in a race for the ages. The final tally in this one: Lyles 9.784 seconds, Thompson 9.789.

Source: WHEC-TV