Full results from Paris Games
The redemption tour is completed for Gabby Thomas.
The two-time Olympian showed off her blazing speed in Tuesday’s women’s 200-meter final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, taking home gold in the event with a time of 21.83 seconds after finishing bronze in the event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Here’s a video of Thomas winning gold Tuesday at Stade de France, where she took over the race down the home stretch following the turn to pass Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred for the top spot on the podium:
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Thomas, who lives in the Austin area, earned a master’s degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Austin in May 2023. The now-Olympic gold medalist earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, where she became the Ivy League’s first NCAA sprint national champion in the indoor 200-meter race during the 2017-18 season.
It is the third overall Olympic medal for Thomas and second individual medal. On top of earning bronze in the 200-meter final in Tokyo, Thomas was part of the United States women’s 4×100 relay team that won silver. As noted by USA TODAY’s Lindsay Schnell, Thomas is expected to compete in the relay in Paris later this week.
That wasn’t the only medal that the United States picked up on Tuesday in the event, as Thomas’ teammate Brittany Brown beat out Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith for bronze by 0.02 seconds. Alfred earned the silver medal with a time of 22.09 seconds.
Here are the full results of the women’s 200-meter finals:
Women’s 200m final results
First-, second- and third-place finishes win the gold, silver and bronze, respectively.
- Gabby Thomas (USA): 21.83 seconds
- Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia): 22.09 seconds
- Brittany Brown (USA): 22.20 seconds
- Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain): 22.22 seconds
- Daryll Neita (Great Britain): 22.23 seconds
- Favour Ofili (Nigeria): 22.24 seconds
- McKenzie Long (USA): 22.42 seconds
- Jessika Gbai (Cote d’Ivoire): 22.70 seconds