Track-and-field star Gabby Thomas wins the 200-m gold medal for Team USA at the Paris Olympics,
the Harvard graduate who also holds a master's degree in public health, won the 200-m sprint Wednesday night at the Stade de France, the first U.S. track athlete to win gold in this event sincefinished second, with a time of 22.08, to take silver while Brittany Brown of the U.S. earned bronze, with a time of 2.20.
The U.S. continues to dominate the track-and field-competition. Thomas’ victory gives the Americans five golds in the sport: no other country has more than two golds. Cole Hocker added to that haul in a surprise win in the 1500 m earlier Tuesday: in what was supposed to be a two-man duel between Josh Kerr of Great Britain and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Hocker outkicked them both down the stretch, setting a new Olympic record in the process.
Overall, the United States has piled up 16 track-and-field medals so far: Kenya and Jamaica has the second-most medals, with fourThomas has improved her global standing steadily, winning 200-m bronze in Tokyo, a silver at last year’s world championships, and now gold. Herof Jamaica, pulled out of the 100-m and 200-m races in Paris. A hamstring issue had bothered Jackson, but that hasn’t been confirmed as the reason for Jackson’s withdrawal in the race.
She moved to Austin after graduation to train for the Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2021 U.S. Olympic track-and-field trials, Thomas ran 21.61 seconds: only the legendary Thomas had announced her arrival. She followed her 200-m bronze in Tokyo with a strong performance in the 4x100 relay, as the U.S team won gold. Off the track, Douglas finished her master's degree in 2023 at the University of Texas, where she wrote about racial disparities in sleep epidemiology. “African Americans were more likely to have issues with sleep for social reasons and biological reasons,” she said before the Olympics. “It led them to have lower life expectancy.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Every branch of 200 Degrees giving away 200 free drinksThere's five to chose from including vegan options
Read more »
Massachusetts' Gabby Thomas wins gold in women's 200mAmerican sprinter Gabby Thomas took gold in the women's 200m at the Paris Olympics, one of the marquee matchups at the Games.
Read more »
BBC presenter Gabby Logan accuses China gymnasts of 'deserting' Olympic team-mate'I can’t bear it.'
Read more »
Pidcock and eventing team inspire Team GB medal rush on Magic MondayTom Pidcock defends his Olympic crown after Ros Canter, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen win Team GB's first gold medal at Paris 2024
Read more »
Team GB wins first gold medal of Paris Olympics as eventing team defends titleTeam GB has won it's first gold medal at the Paris Olympics after the eventing team successfully defended their title.
Read more »
Olympics viewers are only just realising why Team GB is not Team UKViewers have noticed that the Team GB name is incorrect - and it should really be called Team UK, but there's a reason behind the name that is not very well known
Read more »