SAINT-DENIS, France -- Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of one of the closest sprints in history to find out he'd beaten Kishane Thompson of Jamaica.
The word "Photo" popped up on the scoreboard next to the names of Lyles, Thompson and five others after they crossed the line.
Lyles paced the track with his hands draped over his head. Finally, the numbers came up. Lyles won in 9.784 seconds to edge out the Jamaican by five-thousandths of a tick of the clock.
Lyles said he thought he had given the win away by dipping at the line too soon, so he went up to Thompson and told him, "Bro, I think you got that one."
"But
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