Noah Lyles reveals late US legend predicted Olympic final’s 200th-of-a-second difference

Noah Lyles reveals late US legend predicted Olympic final’s 200th-of-a-second difference

Noah Lyles had to wait for the photo finish to confirm his Paris 2024 Olympic 100m gold. The American crossed the line in a personal-best 9.784 seconds, but the finish was so close that he initially thought Kishane Thompson had beaten him. Thompson was eventually given 9.789, leaving Lyles with Olympic gold by just 200th of a second. As Lyles later revealed, that razor-thin margin was remarkably close to a prediction his late mentor Ralph Mann h…