Virginia's Noah Lyles wins Olympic gold and becomes fastest man in the world

The big picture: Lyles, who grew up in Alexandria and graduated from Alexandria City High School, is also the first American to earn the title in 20 years.

• He won with a time of 9.784 seconds and by five-thousandths of a second.
• The race between him and Jamaica's Kishane Thompson was so close that Lyles originally told him, "I think you got the Olympics, dog."
• But a photo finish camera captured Lyles' torso passing the line first, which is the metric Olympic rules and regulations use to declare a winner.

Shortly after his win, he posted on Instagram with the caption, "America, I told you I got this!"

• And then said on X, "I have asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and depression."
• "But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become. Why Not You!"

The latest: Lyles won the sixth heat of the men's 200-meter race on Monday and advanced to the semifinals on Wednesday at 2:02pm.

Go deeper: The tech that showed Noah Lyles winning gold.