A rollercoaster—that’s the perfect way to sum up Gabby Thomas’s 2025 season. The Paris Olympic standout started strong, dazzling fans with a stellar performance of 22.62 seconds in 200m at the Kingston Grand Slam. Expectations soared, but fate had other plans. An untimely Achilles injury forced her to withdraw ahead of the Tokyo Championships, even stepping away from the Diamond League finale to focus on recovery.

Speaking on the setback, she admitted, “Truthfully, I haven’t been able to train too much, which is kind of tough because I’m dealing with an Achilles issue.” With Thomas sidelined, the spotlight shifts to her teammate, Brittany Brown, who now has a real shot at touching Allyson Felix’s record of winning back-to-back 200m Diamond League titles.

The 11-time Olympic medalist pu

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