Lyles wins historic 100m showdown

At the Paris Olympics, U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles stormed to the 100m gold by just five-thousandths of a second, ahead of Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. All eight
men achieved sub-10-second times, making it the fastest race in history
     

Lyles hit top speed of 43.6km/h at 60m to contend for medal – closing race better than rivals
             

RACE BREAKDOWN

Bednarek USA 	Top speed position: 42.9km/h Time: 9.88secs
Kerley USA     	43.1km/h 9.81
Thompson JAM    43.2km/h 9.789
Simbine RSA     43.3km/h 9.82
Seville JAM     42.8km/h 9.91
Lyles USA 	43.6km/h 9.784
Tebogo BOT 	42.8km/h 9.86
Jacobs ITA 	42.8km/h 9.85
50m 60m 70m 80m 90m 100m

All eight men finished within 0.12secs of claiming gold. Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finished 8th with time of 9.91secs – enough to secure 4th at Tokyo 2020


Sources: IOC, BBC 
Picture: Getty Images 
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