American Gabby Thomas wins 200m title in Paris

Gabby Thomas secured the gold medal at the 200 meters sprint as the American was the favorite for the 1^st place after the pre-tournament withdrawal of Jamaica’s world champ Shericka Jackson. The American finished in 21.83 seconds.

Imagine graduating from Harvard at 22 and winning an Olympic gold medal at 27.

Gabby Thomas, you are legendary my friend. Legendary! @itsgabbyt 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/2TK8oI2yf3

— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) August 6, 2024

Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia got the silver medal (22.08) as another American sprinter Brittany Brown won the bronze medal.

Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished within 3-hundredths of a second of making the podium at the 200m sprint as neither of them was able to become the 1^st British woman to make an Olympic sprint podium for 64 years.

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Julien Alfred, who finished 2^nd, triumphed with the gold medal at the 100m but failed to make a double as Gabby was too fast for her at the longer distance.

GABBY GETS GOLD! 🇺🇸🥇

Tokyo bronze medalist Gabby Thomas upgrades her hardware in the women's 200m in Paris as she runs away with the gold in 21.83 (-0.6),

100m gold medalist Julien Alfred 🇱🇨 earns another medal, taking silver in 22.08, and Brittany Brown 🇺🇸 joins Thomas on the… pic.twitter.com/wpIxlmO8BL

— FloTrack (@FloTrack) August 6, 2024