Paris 2024 200m champion Gabby Thomas said there was no truth in reports that she and 4x100m teammate Sha’Carri Richardson has a physical altercation while preparing for their gold medal winning race.
Thomas said she has been shocked by the rumours spread by people who want to knock her head against that of Richardson.
“The worst rumor…that’s a tough one, I think a fighting one. I think the worst one is me fighting at the relay camp… people love that, they have this fake beef between and Sha’Carri Richardson and I on the and they just love it,” Gabby Thomas said on the Why not me? With Mike Johnson podcast.
“Yeah, we are just cool, we are two very normal people. We don’t train together so we don’t know each other really well but when we see each other we are cool and we do relays together, so we’re cool. But people have this idea that every time we link, we fight…like physical fighting. I hate it, I can’t stand it…it doesn’t do any good thing for black people.”
Thomas won three gold medals in Paris 2024; the 200m, 4x100m and the 4x400m. Richardson who was favourite to won the 100m gold was out paced by St Lucia’s Julien Alfred, but Richardson returned to anchor the US team to gold in the 4x100m
