.Noah Lyles ended a 20-year united state dry spell in the men's 100m final on Sunday, gaining gold along with a personal-best 9.784-second time.Editor's Picks2 RelatedLyles took hold of starting point before Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by.005 secs, denoting the closest guys's 100m race at the Olympics given that 1980, depending on to ESPN Stats & Info. It was additionally the 2nd time in the past 60 years that the leading two finishers operated the very same opportunity gauging in to the hundredths.The 27-year-old American's torso crossed the goal to begin with, bring about his triumph." We were actually awaiting the labels to turn up, and also I am actually heading to be actually straightforward, I dropped in [to Thompson] and also I felt like, 'I assume you obtained that one, big dawg!'" Lyles claimed in a postrace news conference. "One thing said I require to bend, and also I felt like, 'I am actually heading to lean,' due to the fact that it's that kind of race." Right here is actually a photo breakdown of Lyles' historical gain: Away from the beginning blocksThe sturdy field in the ultimate included 3 Americans-- Lyles, Fred Kerley (that gained a bronze) and also Kenneth Bednarek-- plus 2 Jamaicans-- Thompson and Oblique Seville. Lyles failed to have the most ideal of begin the blocks, but offseted it the moment the ethnicity began.( Picture by Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images)( Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) Getty ImagesGaining steamLyles rapidly made up ground as the nationality went on. He inched nearer and better to the finish line, putting him in prime setting for a medal.Getty ImagesPhoto finishLyles really did not lead the ethnicity till the ultimate and also most important moment. In the beginning glance, it appeared like Jamaica's Thompson won the gold. But, with the range closing, Lyles pressed his upper body past Thompson at the final second.Getty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesCelebrations after a waitIt took virtually half a minute for the formal victor of the competition to be declared. Lyles and also Thompson stood near one another while taking a look at the video board, awaiting the result.Once it was actually confirmed Lyles succeeded the gold, he raised his bib to the skies, screamed "The United States. I told you, I got this" and ran off to commemorate with his family members.( Photograph by Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Pictures) Getty Photos( Picture by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu using Getty Images) Getty ImagesGetty ImagesComposite photograph( EDITORS NOTE: Graphic is actually an electronic composite.) (Photo through Hector Vivas/Getty Pictures) Hector Vivas/Getty Images.