by Larry Eder
Gabby Thomas has had an incredible 2024 year.
Gabby dominated the 200 meters at the Olympic Trials with her fine win.
In Paris, Gabby Thomas did not make a misstep, winning her rounds, running a fine 21.87, and taking her first individual gold medal in the 200 meters!
Gabby Thomas, trained by Tonja Buford-Bailey, one of our sport’s most underrated coaches (shared 400m WR at hurdles), took golds in the 4×100 meter relays and 4×400 meter relays in Paris.
Gabby Thomas is brilliant, on and off the track. An NCAA champion from Harvard, Gabby just finished her Master’s in Health Administration at the University of Austin. While Gabby was finishing her Master’s and training full-time, Gabby Thomas volunteered at two clinics, helping underserved ethnic minorities, who were terrified of our health care system, get their proper health care. Articulate, thoughtful, and always cheerful, Gabby Thomas is one of my absolute favorite interviews, year in and year out. She is a person for others, and we need more of that kind of people in this modern, complicated, Balkanized world.
Gabby Thomas will complete her season at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island on Thursday, September 26, 2024, in the furlong. We wish her well.
This is from our Archives.
This is an interview with Gabby Thomas, who won the Olympic bronze, won the World Champs silver at 200m, and won an OK 4x100m relay. The interview was conducted March 8-9, 2023.
The Gabby Thomas, the RunBlogRun Interview for 2023
Gabby Thomas is one of the most impressive American track and field sprinters.
Gabby Thomas is also an outstanding athlete to interview. We did this interview in March 2023 at the Global Athletics & Marketing Business and Athletes Conference.
It is one of the most critical weeks of the year. GAM provides media access to about three dozen of its athletes. These are some of my favorite interviews, as we take 25-30 minutes to catch up with the athlete, their past year, and where they want to go in the current year.
Gabby Thomas shook many people up in 2021, taking 4th in the 100m in 11.17 and then dominating the 200 meters in 21.61. The 200 meters was run on June 21, 2021, and was the #2 performance at the time, only behind Florence Griffith Joyner’s WR.
In Tokyo 2021, Gabby took bronze in the 200 meters and then anchored the US team to the silver medal in the 4×100 m relay.
2022 was a challenging year. Gabby ran a wind-aided 21.69 for 200 meters and a 10.92 for 100 meters within 45 minutes. Gabby then tore her hamstring and missed the qualifying mark for the World Championships, finishing 8th in the 200 meters.
The interview was fun; Gabby enjoyed the process and spoke about her training with Tonja Buford-Bailey, her return to fitness, racing indoors, and her plans for 2023.
Gabby Thomas won the 200m US title on July 9, 2023. In Budapest, Gabby Thomas took silver in the 200 meters in 21.81 and then anchored the 4x100m relay, taking gold for the US team with a time of 41.03.
Budapest, Hungary
August 19-27, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris
Gabby Thomas’s PBs are 100 meters at 11.00 (Eugene, 2021), 200 meters at 21.60 (Eugene, 2023), and 400 meters at 49.68 (Austin, 2023).
