Paris Olympics: America's Noah Lyles wins men's 100m race, defeats Jamaican athlete by so many seconds

The athletes had to wait longer than usual to know the result as the picture of the first seven athletes to complete the race was shown on the big screen in which the matter looked very close. However, Lyles was declared the winner. US athlete Noah Lyles has won the men's 100m race. Lyles won the race by defeating Jamaica's Kishane Thompson and won the gold medal. America's Fred Kerley won the bronze medal in this event. tokyo Olympics champion Jacob Lomont Marseille of italy finished fifth and could not defend his gold medal.

Lyles is the first American athlete to win a gold medal in the men's 100m race after Justin Gatlin. Gatlin won the gold medal in the sprint at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Lyles won the gold medal with his best time of 9.784 seconds, while Thompson, who finished second, completed the race in 9.789 seconds and won the silver medal. There was a gap of just 0.5 seconds between Lyles and Thompson. At the same time, bronze medalist Kerley completed the race in 9.810 seconds and finished third.

Time taken to declare the result

The athletes had to wait longer than usual to know the result as the picture of the first seven athletes who completed the race was shown on the big screen in which the matter looked very close. However, Lyles was declared the winner. Akane Simbine of South Africa, who narrowly missed medals in the Rio and tokyo Olympics, could not finish on the podium in Paris as well and finished fourth.

Lyles is the defending champion of the World Championship

Lyles won the men's 100m and 200m championships in the World championship last year. He had said before the World Championships last year that he would break Usain Bolt's 200-meter world record. However, despite winning the gold medal, he could not break Bolt's record. Lyles had taken 19.52 seconds at that time, while Bolt's record was 19.19 seconds.