.Noah Lyles finished a 20-year USA dry spell in the guys's 100m final on Sunday, gaining gold with a personal-best 9.784-second time.Editor's Picks2 RelatedLyles ordered first place ahead of Jamaica's Kishane Thompson through.005 few seconds, denoting the closest guys's 100m ethnicity at the Olympics due to the fact that 1980, depending on to ESPN Stats & Information. It was actually also the 2nd time in the past 60 years that the leading pair of finishers operated the very same opportunity gauging right into the hundredths.The 27-year-old American's upper body crossed the goal initially, resulting in his triumph." We were awaiting the names to turn up, and also I'm visiting be sincere, I came over [to Thompson] as well as I felt like, 'I presume you got that people, significant dawg!'" Lyles mentioned in a postrace press conference. "Something mentioned I require to lean, and also I was like, 'I'm visiting bend,' because it is actually that sort of nationality." Here is actually a picture failure of Lyles' historical gain: Out of the beginning blocksThe powerful area in the final featured three Americans-- Lyles, Fred Kerley (who gained a bronze) and Kenneth Bednarek-- plus two Jamaicans-- Thompson and Oblique Seville. Lyles didn't possess the most effective of begin the blocks, however offseted it the moment the ethnicity started.( Photo through Aytac Unal/Anadolu through Getty Images)( Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis by means of Getty Images) Getty ImagesGaining steamLyles quickly made up ground as the nationality went on. He inched nearer and nearer to the finish line, placing him in prime setting for a medal.Getty ImagesPhoto finishLyles didn't lead the race until the final and also most important instant. At first glimpse, it looked like Jamaica's Thompson succeeded the gold. But, with the distance closing, Lyles drove his upper body past Thompson at the final second.Getty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesCelebrations after a waitIt took practically half a moment for the main winner of the competition to be introduced. Lyles and also Thompson stood up near one another while examining the online video panel, waiting for the result.Once it was confirmed Lyles succeeded the gold, he lifted his bib to the heavens, screamed "America. I told you, I acquired this" and also bolted to celebrate with his family members.( Image through Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) Getty Images( Picture by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu via Getty Images) Getty ImagesGetty ImagesComposite photo( EDITORS TAKE NOTE: Picture is a digital compound.) (Picture through Hector Vivas/Getty Images) Hector Vivas/Getty Images.