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PHOTO: Noah Lyles of the U.S crosses the finish line to win the men's 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Aug. 4, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images) Lyles was the defending world ...
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 100m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 04, 2024. Noah Lyles of United States crosses the line to win gold. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian TPX ...
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.
The photo finish revealed Tebogo in second, one one thousandth ahead of Hughes for bronze with Seville only three thousandths behind him. Tebogo's version of 9.88 improved on his own Botswana national record for the seventh time; his silver medal was the first won by an African man in the 100m at the world championships.
Day 9 of the 2024 Paris Olympics provided a 100 meters race for the ages, world records for U.S. swimmers, and Olympic gold for stars who have achieved championship greatness elsewhere.
The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers) [134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip ...
NOAH LYLES WINS GOLD IN A PHOTO FINISH 🥇 ... USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men's 100m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint ...
The photo finish has been used in the Olympics since as early as 1912, when the Stockholm Olympics used a camera system in the men's 1500 metres race. [7] The 1948 Olympics saw the finish of the men's 100 metre race determined with the use of photo finish equipment provided by Swiss watchmaker Omega and the British Race Finish Recording Company ...