A look at how U.S. sprinter Gabby Thomas got ready to win gold in the 200 m at the Paris Olympics
of the United States didn’t stay in the Olympic Village the night before she raced in the 200-m final—which she won on Tuesday at Stade de France, putting both hands behind her head after crossing the finish line and simultaneously sort of screaming and crying,nstead, she crashed in the room of her boyfriend, Spencer McManes, in Paris outside the confines of the athlete space. woke up Tuesday morning, said McManes, with a lot of emotions. “It was just so intense,” he said.
The approach worked wonders on Tuesday night, as Thomas held off the Olympic 100-m champion, Julien Alfred of St. Lucia, and crossed the finish line in 21.83 seconds. “I still don’t know what time I ran,” Thomas told reporters following the race. Someone informed her. “OK,” she said. She just cared about the win.
Thomas, very intentionally, knocked out any suggestion that this victory was anything less than stellar and deserved due to Jackson’s absence. “I have been doing really well in the 200 m all season,” she said. “So I wouldn't say that I was relieved when she got pulled out. I wish her all the best. And it's unfortunate that you can't have your reigning world champion competing. But I was confident before that and I was confident going into the race.
She’s in a far different place now. Balance has helped. She’s continued to pursue her passion for public health, volunteering, for example, seven to 10 hours a week for an Austin clinic that provides services for uninsured patients. This spring, she arranged for her sponsor, New Balance, to donate shoes for hypertension patients that she and a team of volunteers help look after. The facility, the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic, hosted a watch party for the 200 m on Tuesday.
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