Gabby Thomas, 27, won the 200 meter dash during the U.S. Olympic trials this weekend, putting her on schedule to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. One would think as the games speedily approach, she’d be consumed by training and conditioning. However, Thomas refused to spend her whole 24 hours on the track.
Thomas studied neurobiology and global health at thee Harvard University and continued onto University of Texas for a master’s degree in public health, per Team USA. She tells Olympics.com her mother wanted her to go further to obtain her PhD but obviously, some other (and quite, major) things got put on her itinerary. She’d taken home a silver and a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympic games in 2020 for her performance in the women’s track and field events. In the same 200-meter event she tore up this weekend, she won a silver medal for at the World Championships last summer….