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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
The words "photo finish" have never been more applicable than to the end of the men's 100-meter race with the United States' Noah Lyles and Jamaica's Kishane Thompson.
At the finish, everyone believed Jamaica's Kishane Thompson had won, even the NBC cameraman. However, after a look at the replay, Lyles got his leg in just before Thompson, earning him the gold.
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.
Jamaican Kishane Thompson finished in second, taking the silver medal. The winning time of 9.79 was achieved by both Lyles and Thompson, but Lyles crossed the line five one thousandths of a second faster to take gold. Lyles' teammate Fred Kerley finished third in 9.81, winning bronze.
The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica ... Kishane Thompson; 200 metres. 1983: Leroy Reid;
NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said “I got it wrong” on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters. The race was a photo ...
Eventually 27-year-old Lyles was crowned victorious, after the American pipped Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to gold by just five thousandths of a second, winning in 9.79.784 seconds. Drizzles of ...