How 0.005 seconds decided the Olympics Men's 100m Gold

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USA's Noah Lyles beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the Men's 100m final.

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However, the two sprinters clocked the exact same time: 9.79s

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So how was the winner decided?

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The calculation was taken down to the third decimal point, which showed that Lyles crossed the line 0.005s before Thompson.

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This was the closest finish to an Olympics 100m final in recent history.

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All eight finalists also crossed a time under 10 seconds for the first-time ever in a 100m Olympic final.

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The top two clocked a time quicker than Usain Bolt's time when he won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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