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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
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.
The world’s fastest man is still the world’s fastest man. ... Lyles ran the race in 9.784 seconds; Kishane Thompson of Jamaica won silver with a time of 9.789 seconds, while the U.S.’s Fred ...
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.
Lyles secured the U.S.'s first gold medal in the men’s 100 in 20 years, streaking across the finish line in a personal-best 9.79 seconds. Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson finished second, an ...
As of 16 September 2024, this is the fastest time into such a strong headwind. Lyles set a new 100m personal best time of 9.81 s at the London Diamond League on July 20, 2024. [ 53 ] 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).
Lyles, who won Sunday with a time of 9.784 seconds, came out just barely ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (who ran in 9.789) and the U.S.’ Fred Kerley (whose time was 9.81).
An American is once again the world’s fastest man. A race decided by fractions of a second. That photo finish makes it one of the most incredible and dramatic 100-meter races in Olympic history.