‘I’m incredible’: Noah Lyles supports fight talk in thrilling Olympic 100m final

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World champion, Olympic champion. Noah Lyles We talked a lot during the preparation phase. Paris 2024but he fought back that hubris tonight by sprinting down the track at the Stade de France, sprinting across the field and beating everyone to the finish line. There was no debate now. “What is the title of Olympic champion?” Lyles said, referring to the title of “fastest man on earth” that goes with his gold medal. “Amen.”

It didn’t matter that he didn’t come close to the world record he claimed to break. Completion time is 9.79The margin of victory was only five thousandths of a second, a time so short that it is unimaginable. Keeshan Thompson Lyles, who ran the fastest time this year and carried the weight of Bolt’s successor title, led by 99 meters. But Lyles, a fighter, persevered and crossed the finish line with Thompson.

Thompson cheered in celebration, but his face fell when the big screen showed “Photo Sprint” written next to his name. They looked up from the pit of hell and waited for the verdict. Lyles put his head in his hands and paced. Then the verdict came and Lyles started again, tearing the number from his chest and holding it up to the gods, and then flying across the hammer field against the backdrop of the Star-Spangled Banner fluttering in the wind.

Thompson won the silver medal and Lyles’ American teammate Fred Klee won the bronze medal. Lyles admitted after the race that he thought he arrived too late.

“I went to Keeshaneh and I said, ‘To be honest, I think you have this chance’. I was ready to see his name come up. I saw my name come up and I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m incredible’. That’s what I wanted. It’s a tough fight, a great opponent, and everyone is healthy and coming to compete. I’m a wolf among wolves.”