Silver medallist Kishane Thompson of Jamaica stands on the rostrum. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Jamaican Kishane Thompson was crushed out for gold by the slimmest of margins on a superbly timed lean from American Noah Lyles on August 4, for the 100-meter race on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Their instances of 9.79 seconds wanted to be calculated farther out to find out the winner with Lyles profitable 9.784 to 9.789. Thompson was five-thousandths of a second away from becoming a member of the corporate of fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt as an Olympic champion.
“I’m a bit upset,” Thompson mentioned. “However I’m completely happy on the similar time. I’m going to take it as what it’s and transfer ahead from right here.”
Requested if he thought the gold medal might be shared, because it was that shut of race, Thompson mentioned he didn’t assume Lyles would go for the concept, “I feel the game is just too aggressive, no offense to every other sport. It’s too aggressive for us to share a gold medal.”
“I do know that Jamaica would have wished me to get the gold,” he mentioned. “All people loves winners.”
Thompson was in lane 4 within the remaining and Lyles in lane seven. Thompson knew it was shut and instantly glanced on the scoreboard for a solution.
“I did assume Thompson had it on the finish,” Lyles mentioned. “I even mentioned, ‘Bro, I feel you bought that one huge canine. After which my title popped up, and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m superb.”
Thompson grew to become the primary Jamaican to be on the rostrum within the males’s Olympic 100m since Bolt’s run of three straight titles in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
“My physique language won’t present it as a result of I’m not an expressive man, however I’m glad, Thompson mentioned. “I’m tremendous grateful.”
Thompson entered the race with the quickest time of the season. All eight sprinters had been separated by a margin of 0.12 seconds and even nearer for gold and silver.
“That shut,” Thompson mentioned. “It was that shut.”
