Suffocating! 100m Flyer Battle: United States Lyles wins gold in 9.79 seconds, just 0.005 seconds ahead

Chen Yucheng

2024-08-05 04:06Posted in Sichuan sports creators

In the early morning of August 5, Beijing time, the track and field competition of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games ended the men's 100m final at the Stade de France, United States star Noah Lyles and Jamaica's K-Thompson both ran 9.79 seconds (+1.0 m/s), Lyles won the championship in 9.784 seconds and set a new PB, K-Thompson won the silver in 9.789 seconds, and another United States Colley won the bronze medal in 9.81 seconds. This is the first time in 20 years that the United States flyer has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100m since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

【Highlights】

The world record in the men's 100m is 9.58 seconds set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, and the Olympic record is 9.63 seconds set by Usain Bolt at London 2012.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, United States Justin Gatlin won in 9.85 seconds. Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the men's 100m three times in a row. At the last Tokyo Olympics, Jacobs of Italy won the gold medal in 9.80 seconds over United States Colley, who won silver in 9.84 seconds and Canada's De Grasse won bronze in 9.89 seconds.

【Road to Advancement】

In yesterday's men's 100m heats, United States' Bednarek and last year's runner-up Kenley both ran 9.97 seconds to tie for first place in the preliminaries, with Chinese flyer Xie Zhenye finishing third in 10.16 seconds and fourth in the group, and finally missing the semifinals by 0.001 seconds in the 1000th place.

In the semi-finals that just ended, Sewell of Jamaica won first in 9.81 seconds and Lyles of United States was second in 9.83 seconds. In the second group, South Africa's Simbin was first in 9.87 seconds, Botswana's Tebogo was second in 9.91 seconds, defending champion Jacobes of Italy was third in 9.92 seconds, and Bednarek of United States was fourth in 9.93 seconds.

The third group of the semifinals was even more miserable, with Jamaica's K. Thompson first in 9.80 seconds and United States' Colley second in 9.84 seconds. Japan's Sani Brown set a personal best of 9.96 seconds to finish fourth in the group and miss the final, while Canada's De Grasse missed the final in 9.98 seconds. Kenya's African flyer Omanyara finished eighth in the group in 10.08 seconds.

【Final Lap】

United States made it to the final with three players, Jamaica with two and South Africa, Botswana and Italy with one each. United States' Bednarek and last year's runner-up Colley in Lane 2 and 3, Jamaica's K-Thompson in Lane 4, South Africa's Simbin in Lane 5, Jamaica's Seville in Lane 6, United States' Noah Lyles in Lane 7, Botswana's Tebogo in Lane 8 and Italy's Jacobs in Avenue 9.

【Wonderful Review】

Once the match began, Lyles in lane 7 and K-Thompson in lane 4 rushed to the front, but their advantage was not obvious, and almost all of the final opponents behind them were advancing side by side in a line. In the end, Lyles and K. Thompson reached the finish line almost at the same time, and the results given by the race were that Lyles won the championship in 9.784 seconds, and K. Thompson finished second in 9.789 seconds. Colley finished third in 9.81 seconds.

South Africa's Simbin was fourth in 9.82 seconds and set a new South Africa record, last year's champion in Tokyo, Italy Jacobs was fifth in 9.85 seconds, Botswana's Tebogo set a new national record of 9.86 seconds to finish sixth, United States's Bednarek was seventh in 9.88 seconds, and Jamaica's Sewell was bottom in 9.91 seconds.

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