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Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
The U.S. track and field star won the gold medal that has long eluded her by finishing first in the 200-meter with a time of 21.83 on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.
Sha'Carri Richardson (/ ʃ ə ˈ k ær iː / shə-KARR-ee; [3] born March 25, 2000 [4]) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships.
She also was a runner up in the 200 meters both years, runner up in the long jump in 2015 and finished third in the 100 meters in 2014. [5] Prandini is the second female to win the NCAA 100 meters & USA National Outdoor 200 meters in the same year. [6] In 2015, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field ...
Gabby Thomas wins the women’s 200 meters during day nine of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Just one day earlier, Thomas ran a ...
Gabby Thomas beat Sha'Carri Richardson in the highly anticipated 200-meter final of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field.. Thomas came in first with a time of 21.81 seconds. Richardson ...
Jackson's 21.45 was the second fastest of all time, the Championship record, a .1 improvement over her Jamaican Championship time and only .11 shy of FloJo's enduring world record from 1988. Jackson also became the first person to win medals in all three sprinting events, a feat Fred Kerley was also attempting and failed to accomplish this year.
Adelaide Aquilla of OSU was the runner-up in the women’s shot put with a throw of 17.95 meters. Jorinde Van Klinken of Arizona State captured first in that event, throwing a personal best 19.08 ...