Team USA's Noah Lyles took the gold in the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics — by five-thousandths of a second. Lyles, who won Sunday with a time of 9.784 seconds, came out just barely ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (who ran in 9.789) and the U.S.’ Fred Kerley (whose time was 9.81). It raises the question: Which part of the body must cross the finish line first to earn the win? According to Olympic rules and regulations, the first athlete whose torso reaches the closest edge of the finish line is the winner. That is what earned Lyles the gold and the title of world's fastest man even though some viewers online noted that several other athletes' shoes reached the finish line first.

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Persons: Noah Lyles, Lyles, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, ’ Fred Kerley Organizations: Paris Olympics, U.S, Olympic