Featuring in one of the recent tweets, the 24-year-old, Gabby Thomas says that she “belongs in this race“.

Gabrielle Thomas (also known as Gabby Thomas) is an American track-and-field athlete. Specialising in 200m, she has bagged several titles and medals under her name. Firstly, she’s the third-fastest woman of all time in this event. As a result of her incredible timing, of 21.61 seconds, which she set at the 2020 US Olympic trials, the honour is justified.

During her heat, Thomas set a personal best of 21.98 seconds. In her semi-finals, she lessened that PR to 21.94. In her finals, she ran a 21.61, giving a tough competition to the world record holder, Florence Delores Griffith Joyner, who ran with the timing of 21.34 seconds. Eventually, the American claimed a bronze medal in her individual event-200m along with a team silver medal for the 4x100m relay at the Summer Games.

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After this triumphant race, the American said, “I’m still in shock,” to the reporters on a Zoom call. “I cannot believe I put up that time.” 

Adding to the pride, her mother added by saying that Thomas was “was pretty much born athletic“. Being an athlete herself, she took up soccer, karate, softball, lacrosse, golf and tennis. Further, she talked about Thomas’s childhood. She said about how being a toddler, whenever she scampered down a hallway, it appeared like “she was floating on air.”

What does Gabby Thomas say about her competition?

Keeping in mind her completion with Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the American says, “I am a competitor. So being lined up against Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce was amazing, and they are my idols. But it also gave me a sense that I belong in this race. And I’m lining up with the best because I am one of the best. ”

Elaine Thompson-Herah, the 29-year-old Jamaican, created history in Tokyo. She won a gold in not only 100m but also in 200m as well as 4x100m relay. Moreover, she is also the second-fastest female to run both the distances- 100m and 200m as good as the legend, FloJo. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is yet another powerful Jamaican, giving cutthroat competition to all the participants.

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Specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres, she is widely considered one of the greatest sprinters of all time. In one of her recent races in Diamond League at Lausanne, she finished first in 100m with a remarkable timing of 10.60seconds. With this, she was titled as the third-fastest woman, overtaking her fellow Jamaican and the former Olympic Champion, Elaine.

Well, the American has a long way to go, but she has enough confidence to redeem herself in the future. Given her incredible record, she’s definitely in the race to excellence.

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