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On 27 June 2024, he ran 9.82 seconds for the 100 metres in the opening round at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston, Jamaica. [8] In the subsequent final, he ran a new personal best of 9.77 seconds to win the Jamaican national title. [9] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thompson won silver behind Noah Lyles.
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.
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, 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).
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).
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.
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