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Men's 100 Meter Finals Were HISTORIC __ Noah Lyles VS. Kishane Thompson - Paris Olympics 2024

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00:00It is finally time for the men's 100m finals in this year's Paris Olympic Games.

00:09There may not be a single more anticipated event in this year's Olympics,

00:14because this race has single-handedly reignited the flames of rivalry

00:19between the United States and Jamaica when it comes to sprints.

00:23In this field, we have the returning world champion in the 100m, Noah Lyles,

00:28who is looking to make history as the first U.S. athlete

00:31to win an Olympic gold medal in this event since 2004.

00:36But before he can mount the podium of Olympic greatness,

00:39he has to outrun Keyshane Thompson from Jamaica,

00:42who currently holds the fastest time in the world this year,

00:45with a clocking of 9.77 seconds.

00:49Hailing from this small island in the Caribbean,

00:52Thompson has absolutely taken the world by storm this season.

00:56He's got a powerful start, he has crazy acceleration,

01:00and from everything that we can see,

01:02his top speed is up there with the absolute fastest athletes in the world.

01:07Thompson is honestly an intimidating runner,

01:09given his powerful frame and incredible speed.

01:12And the only thing that Thompson really does not have right now

01:15is international racing experience on the big stage,

01:18because this is actually his very first global championship.

01:22However, after his breezy first-round win,

01:25where he jogged a time of 10 seconds flat,

01:28people are once again seeing his abilities,

01:30and they are choosing to see him as the favorite.

01:33Now, in our updated poll asking all of you

01:36who will come out on top in this men's 100,

01:39the favoritism still goes to Noah Lyles at 55%,

01:43but this gap has steadily been closing

01:45ever since Thompson ran his first round.

01:48Now, for Noah's first round,

01:50he actually came in second with a time of 10.04,

01:53finishing behind Louis Henschliff of Great Britain.

01:56But for this opening round,

01:58the important thing was to survive and advance,

02:00and that is exactly what Noah did.

02:03Now, the original script for the men's 100

02:05was a battle among Kashane Thompson, Noah Lyles,

02:08and Oblique Seville from Jamaica,

02:10three of the most consistent and speedy athletes in the world this season.

02:13But after the opening round,

02:15the floodgates of speed opened faster than anyone could realize.

02:19In addition to these three looking strong,

02:21we also have many other athletes looking fresh and quick.

02:24There's Kenny Benerik and Fred Curley,

02:26who ran the fastest times in the opening heats,

02:28and they both looked very controlled in their efforts.

02:31We have Emmanuel Aceme from Cameroon,

02:33who looked very strong with a time of 9.98.

02:36And we also have to mention Akane Sembine

02:39and Letsyly Teboho from Botswana,

02:41two African legends

02:43who looked very controlled in their opening rounds.

02:46This opening round showed us that this 100 field

02:49is actually a lot more balanced than we thought,

02:52and it's anyone's guess as to who will make it onto the podium

02:55in this year's Olympic finals.

02:57But the first step to get to the finals

02:59will be three incredibly challenging semifinals.

03:02And as we all expected,

03:04the drama and speed of these semis was absolutely insane.

03:11In the very first round of these semifinals,

03:14the speed of these athletes was unquestionable.

03:17And for heat number one,

03:19Oblique Seville dropped an absolute bomb,

03:22taking first place over Noah Lyles

03:24with a new PR of 9.81 seconds,

03:27defeating Noah Lyles in second,

03:29who achieved a time of 9.83.

03:32These two were flying,

03:34but it's crazy to think that just to automatically qualify,

03:37you had to run a time of 9.83,

03:39which was fast enough to win last year's world championships.

03:42But for this Olympic season,

03:44it was the time just to qualify.

03:46Now, this opening heat was certainly fire,

03:48as two of the favorites made it through into the next round.

03:51But then for heat two,

03:53we saw all of the drama.

03:55And that's because Akane Sambine from South Africa

03:57came away with a huge win in 9.87 seconds.

04:01And he was followed quite closely

04:03by his fellow African, Letsele Toboho,

04:05who qualified in 9.91.

04:07But then just look at this blanket finish

04:10from second to fourth.

04:12This field was separated by just 0.02 seconds

04:15from the second-placed position to fourth,

04:17with Marcel Jacobs in third at 9.92

04:20and Kenny Benerik from the U.S. in fourth at 9.93.

04:24This was potentially problematic for both Jacobs and Benerik,

04:27who didn't qualify automatically,

04:29so they would both have to wait until the final

04:31to see if their times were fast enough.

04:34And this brings us to the third and final heat,

04:36and this might have been the craziest of them all.

04:39Just look at this start list.

04:41There's Kashane Thompson, Fred Curley,

04:43Andre DeGrasse, Zarnel Hughes, Ferdinand Amanyala.

04:46No matter which way you slice this,

04:48there would be numerous big names going home today.

04:51And for this final, well, Kashane Thompson stole the show.

04:55With a pure power sprint,

04:57he won this race with a time of 9.80.

05:00And with a new season's best of 9.84,

05:03Fred Curley finished quite close in second.

05:06Now, finishing behind these two was

05:08Benjamin Richardson in third,

05:10followed by Hakeem Sonnybrown,

05:12and then Andre DeGrasse in 9.98.

05:14And even though many great times were run in this heat,

05:17including five total sub-tens,

05:19Richardson, Sonnybrown, DeGrasse, Hughes and Amanyala

05:22unfortunately did not qualify for the finals.

05:26This brings us to one of the craziest starting lists

05:29I have ever seen.

05:31Just look at this lineup for the men's 100 finals.

05:34We have the two Jamaican speedsters

05:36with the fastest time in the semis.

05:38We have all three of the United States athletes.

05:41We have the two African runners,

05:43Nkane Sambine and Letizia Tiboho.

05:45And we also have the defending Olympic champion,

05:48Marcel Jacobs from Italy.

05:50Every single athlete in this final

05:52has something huge to prove.

05:54Whether it be a title defense,

05:56proving to the world that your world number one ranking

05:58is no fluke,

05:59or just bringing home some hardware

06:01from the Olympic Games.

06:03This final is set to be absolutely unforgettable.

06:06Now, without further ado,

06:08let's head down to the track

06:09to see how this men's 100 final unfolded.

06:18After a fair start,

06:19Noah fell behind almost immediately.

06:22And given what Oblique Seville and Kashane Thompson have done,

06:25this seemed to be over from the gun.

06:27But then, something unbelievable happened.

06:30Noah responded with some of the best acceleration

06:33that I have ever seen,

06:35all the way to the tape.

06:36It was anyone's guess as to who won.

06:39And after the race,

06:40we were still waiting as to who came out on top.

06:43But by four one thousandths of a second,

06:46the winner of this year's Olympic Games

06:48was Noah Lyles,

06:50with a new PR of 9.79,

06:53just barely edging out Kashane Thompson in second.

06:57Now, winning the bronze

06:59was actually Fred Curley in 9.81,

07:02making this one of the fastest 100 meter races to ever go down,

07:06and it was certainly one of the closest 100 finals in Olympic history.

07:10And it's pretty crazy to think

07:11that just to get into the top eight here,

07:14you had to run faster than 9.91.

07:16I'm not sure if this is the record for most athletes under 9.9

07:19in the same race,

07:20but it very well could be.

07:22This was a star-studded 100,

07:24and Noah Lyles proved a lot of people wrong in this race.

07:28Thanks for watching, everyone.

07:29And as always, until next time.

07:32♪

08:02♪

Men's 100 Meter Finals Were HISTORIC __ Noah Lyles VS. Kishane Thompson - Paris Olympics 2024

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