Gabby Thomas’ summer ended before it ever began. Just a year after her Paris Olympics victory, at one of the most crucial points of her career, a stubborn Achilles injury forced her to watch the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from the sidelines. Yet while her body has been on pause, her voice has not. In recent weeks, Thomas has been speaking candidly online, not just about the challenges of recovery, but about her strong opinions on doping and the culture surrounding it. And yet again, a recent post from Gabby stirred up a conversation that Gabby did not intend on feeding fodder to.

In July, just after struggling through US Trials where she finished third in 22.20 seconds, Thomas took to Instagram and made her feelings glaringly known. “Doping coaches should be banned for life

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