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Kishane Thompson (born 17 July 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [2] He won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event. Career
He was neck-and-neck with Jamaica's Kishane Thompson, who also recorded a time of 9.79 seconds. The U.S. team also claimed the bronze medal, with Fred Kerley finishing third in 9.81 seconds ...
American sprinter Noah Lyles won the gold in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics in a photo finish, edging out Jamaican Kishane Thompson for gold and taking the title of the world's fastest man.
Noah Lyles defeats Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley to win the men's 100m final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games on Aug. 4, 2024. James Lang—USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.
He won the 100 m at the 2024 Olympics with a new personal best of 9.784, giving a 0.005 second margin over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson (9.789). It was the first US victory in the event since 2004. [55] The race was so close that Leigh Diffey calling the race for American NBC Sports prematurely declared Thompson the winner. [56] [57]
This was the thirtieth time that the men's 100 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics.Interestingly the final contained 6 men who had recorded top-25 all-time records in the 100m, making this final one of the most tightly contested in history, as the difference between the fastest man in the field Fred Kerley (9.76) and the slowest Kenny Bednarek (9.87) was only 0.11 seconds.
2024 Paris Olympics: See how close the 100-meter finish was between Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson -- and why Lyles won. Ian Casselberry. August 4, 2024 at 4:45 PM.
While Diamond League points were used to gain entry into the finals, they were not used to determine Diamond League champions. Regardless of points accumulated throughout the season, winners of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic were crowned 2023 Diamond League champions in their respective events, with the exception of Athing Mu who was a National Wildcard and thus ineligible for the Diamond League ...