Washington : Apna Punjab Media : The United States’ Noah Lyles was crowned the world’s fastest man in the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, August 4. Kishane Thompson of Jamaica won silver, falling short of the ultimate prize by fractions of a second in one of the closest 100m finals of all time at the Games. USA’s Fred Kerley took home the bronze while Tokyo Olympics champion Jacobs Lamont Marcell of Italy, albeit heavily strapped, finished fifth. Noah Lyles became the first 100m men’s Olympic champion from the United States since Justin Gatlin won the sprint Gold in 2004. Lyles celebrated the historic achievement as he established himself as one of the modern-day greats in front of a packed Stade de France crowd that was thrilled to bits. Lyles ripped his name from the shirt and held it aloft in delight. Lyles, 27, took the ultimate prize with a personal best timing of 9.784s despite starting slowly off the blocks. He beat Kushane Thompson by a whisker as the Jamaican clocked 9.789s in a sensational photo finish. The athletes had to wait longer than usual to learn the results as the photo of a blanket finish of the first seven athletes was shown on the big screen. The crowd went berserk when it saw Lyles finishing 0.005s ahead of Kishane to take the Gold. South Africa’s Akane Simbine, who missed the podium by a whisker in both Rio and Tokyo, once again finished fourth in Paris. Noah Lyles was among the slowest to get off the blocks, while Kishane Thompson, who topped the semi-finals, raced off it. Lyles was the last at the 30m mark, but came up with a late push to stun Kishane, 23, who was a fraction of a second away from bringing the men’s 100m Gold back to Jamaica.