Olympic champion Gabby Thomas demands drastic change to stop doping in athletics

Gabby Thomas celebrates after finishing third in the Toyota Women's 200m final during the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon earlier this month. Photo: Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Triple Olympic champion Gabby Thomas has suggested drastic new measures to try and combat the doping issues currently plaguing athletics.

During the past decade, nearly 400 Kenyan athletes have been suspended for doping-related offences, including women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich earlier this summer, while United States sprinter Fred Kerley is currently provisionally suspended for an alleged anti-doping whereabouts violation.

Just this week, Ukrainian triple jumper Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk – who wo

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