"Your blocks let you down" - When Kishane Thompson's coach Stephen Francis opened up on Jamaican losing Olympic gold medal to Noah Lyles

Kishane Thompson competed alongside a star-studded lineup, including Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, Marcell Jacobs, and Kenny Bednarek in the men's 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Thompson narrowly missed earning a gold medal after finishing the race behind Lyles with a razor-thin gap of five one-thousandths of a second.

While Lyles clocked a stunning time of 9.79 (.784), Thompson settled behind him after posting 9.79 (.789). This thrilling moment was covered in Netflix's Sprint docuseries season 2 released on November 13, 2024.

In one of the behind-the-scenes shown in episode 4 of the series, while Lyles was seen being radiant with happiness, the Jamaican sprinter was overcoming disappointment. His coach Stephen Francis was seen weighing in, pacifying Thompson, and suggesting his performance was negatively affected by his start, possibly indicating that he did not get the required push off the blocks and narrowly missed out on the gold medal to the American sprinter.

"Your blocks let you down," Coach Francis said to Thompson. (6:10 onwards)

Francis is the head coach of the MVP track club based at the University of Technology in St.Andrew, Jamaica. In addition to Thompson, Coach Francis has mentored a roster of elite athletes, including Shericka Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Asafa Powell. He has also trained the 400m athlete Shericka Williams and high jumper Germaine Mason.

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"I will shock this world" - Kishane Thompson revealed his biggest rival in the track and field circuit

Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson during the Men's 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. (Photo Getty Images)

Kishane Thompson earned his spot to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics after dominating the 100m event at the 2024 Jamaican Olympic Trials. He defeated Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake.

While the Olympic silver medalist clocked an impressive time of 9.77 seconds, Seville and Blake 9.82 and 09.92 seconds, respectively. In episode 3 of Netflix's Sprint docuseries season 2, Thompson revealed his goal of winning an Olympic gold medal while highlighting Noah Lyles as his fiercest rival, which was evident at the ultimate showdown.

"My goal for the Olympics, to of course win that gold medal and I will put my best out there to do that. I will shock this world. My biggest rival is Noah Lyles. He is the world champion. I won't be intimidated. That hypes me up. It's,"All right, let's do this." (6:00 onwards)

Lyles marked his prospect as one of the toughest 100m competitors by winning the event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.