Gabby Thomas Eyes Olympic Gold in Paris, Why This Time Around Is Different

We are less than a week away from the Women’s 200m final at the Summer Olympics and Gabby Thomas is favored to win. The New Balance athlete came in first in the 200-meter final at U.S. track trials last month, in Eugene, Ore., with a time of 21.81 for the win. This is her second straight national title. She beat out fellow runner Sha’Carri Richardson who finished fourth in the race. At 27, the track star already has four medals from the Olympic Games and World Championships, winning silver in Women’s 200m and bronze in Women’s 4 x 100m Relay in Tokyo in 2020. And this time around, she has a different attitude. “The first time, I was this new professional athlete who didn’t know what was going on. And you know, I was going into it just happy to be there — wide eyed like, ‘oh my gosh, this is so cool.’ And now I’m like, Okay, I know exactly what I’m capable of. I know what’s expected of me. I have so much support through partners and in friends and family and my training group. So I have higher expectations for myself. And not in a way where I feel pressure.

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