In the early morning of August 5, Beijing time, in the men's 100-meter final of the Paris Olympics, United States star Noah · Lyles won the gold medal in 9.79 seconds and was crowned the new "flying man". Jamaica's Thompson also clocked 9.79 seconds, losing 0.005 seconds in the thousandth to win silver, while another United States's Colley won bronze.
This is the first time in 20 years that United States has won a gold medal in the Olympic 100-meter flyer, and the last time was at the 2004 Athens Olympics, when United States' Gatlin won the gold medal.
It is reported that this year's Paris Olympics has been pushing up the level of 100 meters all the way from the setting of the qualification line. In this year's 100-meter group competition, Chinese player Xie Zhenye missed the semifinals by one thousandth of a second. The 100m semi-finals at the Paris Olympics were even higher, with a total of 12 people breaking the 10-second barrier. When it came to the finals, all the competitors entered ten seconds, and the threshold of the final reached 9.93 seconds. Japan's mixed-race flyer Sani Brown ran a personal best of 9.96 seconds but still failed to advance. Jamaica duo Thompson and Syvi finished in the top two semi-finals against three United States flyers, Lyles, Colley and Bednarek.
Before the final, the three United States flyers looked bound to win, and Thompson's previous wild run made the outside world expect a lot from the outside world about the new Jamaica sprint leader. The starting gun sounded, and the eight runners left the runner with a close start reaction. Thompson gradually suppressed Colley beside him. But Lyles on the far side finished in the final moments to go head-to-head. After the race, it was repeatedly confirmed by the official moment that Lyles and Thompson both had a time of 9.79 seconds. And Lyles won Thompson by five thousandths of a second in the thousandths. United States track and field, which has not won the men's 100m gold medal since Athens 2004, ended a 20-year wait to win the Olympic 100m gold.
[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive Migu Sports, Beiqing Sports]
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