It’s been just a few weeks since the track and field world marked the first anniversary of Gabrielle “Gabby” Thomas’s big moment at the Paris Olympics. In the French capital, the 28-year-old made history, scooping up three gold medals — in the women’s 200m, the 4x100m relay, and the 4x400m relay. That put her right at the top of Team USA’s medal count. But for Gabby, the story didn’t really start in Paris. It kicked off four years earlier in Tokyo, when she made her Olympic debut — and wow, did she make an entrance.

At the Tokyo Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Gabby Thomas lit up the track with a 21.61 in the 200m — the third-fastest time ever recorded, with only Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo) having run faster, and that too just twice. In the Olympic final, Jamaica’s Elaine Thomson-

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