The three-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter crushes off the track as well in her latest fit.

Team USA Red athlete Gabby Thomas (7083) walks the track ahead of the 1600 meter relay invitational at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday,

Team USA Red athlete Gabby Thomas (7083) walks the track ahead of the 1600 meter relay invitational at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday, March 29, 2025. / Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman

Gabby Thomas is in full beast mode for track season. She’s been crushing it, even winning a $100K and busting a move with a dance on the podium. Now, she’s taking a quick break from the track to get in glam selfie in a fire fit.

The 28-year-old has had quite an amazing past year from winning three gold medal in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, to appearing on ESPN’s College GameDay, to being the Grand Marshal of the NYC Marathon, to getting engaged to longtime boyfriend Spencer McManes with a giant rock she’s been flaunting. Even WNBA star Angel Reese was swooning over Thomas.

Thomas put in some serious work in the offseason training. / Gabby Thomas/Instagram

As track season started, Thomas crushed her relay back on the Texas Longhorns track while wearing a can’t-miss neon track suit, and then won the first-ever Grand Slam Track event in Kingston, Jamaica, where she won that big prize.

Gabby Thomas/Instagram

With the season in full swing, Thomas showed off again off the track where she was back with a fit fire in her shoestring polka-dot top on all glammed out.

Thomas has said she wants to compete in 2028 in the Los Angeles Olympics. She will no doubt be one of the faces of the Games should she choose to.

“If the support system don’t change, my kids not running for Jamaica.” These were the insider details that came out from the mouth of a Jamaican veteran recently.

The same Jamaica that is known as a sprint factory. And it just didn’t sit well with many. While the viral video of Asafa Powell’s son winning a race led Jamaicans to think that the future of the sport looks in good hands, the perspective from the legend himself shook the track and field world. Powell stood his ground about the lack of support and the thin money in the sport. What’s next? Fans bashed him for ‘complaining’ too much, and a controversy was born. But the same fans are now rallying behind him. So what changed?

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Well, Asafa Powell was absolutely honest in his stand, “I got just country pride and all that stuff. I’ve never gotten anything from the country.” The track and field veteran says he ran for free all his life, and that’s not something he wants his kids to do now. He even went as far as saying that he was offered millions of US dollars in 2006 to run for a different country, but he had turned that down.

In retrospect, that looks like a missed opportunity to him now. Well, the man seems to have only loved his nation, but the voids? He has to call them out for them to be fixed. Another track and field legend has now voiced a similar stance, though. In a YouTube video aired by Television Jamaica on April 25, Usain Bolt’s former coach, Glen Mills, made remarks that, “There needs to be a structure through which, um, athletes who qualify, um, are able to apply for some kind of grantorial.”

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He suggests that some of the track and field governing bodies, like the SDF and others to come, come together to form a system of criteria. He said, “We are not a very rich country; our resources are stretched and the expectations can be greater than what we can afford, but, um, I think that if we create a structure and an athlete can see what is available within this structure, it will, um, give them the option.”

Which Jamaican track and field legend recently voiced concerns about the lack of financial support for athletes in Jamaica?

Mills also cited that attention has never really been given to creating a sort of stability in the support that is given to athletes. “We have not done well in marketing our resources…” he says, as Jamaica is one of the nations that produces some of the best sprinters at the highest level. So if they could market well, they could also get some good money to set up a program.

Now this is something that sounds very close to what Asafa Powell had mentioned. He had cited recently that, “No athlete wants to retire and go work 9-5 or sit down struggling and wondering what’s next. We all want to have a good life afterward; money should work for us when we retire.” He’d called for a better support system, and a somewhat similar idea is now backed by Mills. Thus, there are Jamaican fans who are coming out in Powell’s support, too.

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“At least Asafa opens up discussions on this issue. Much needed. 😮” Looking at how veterans are now reacting to and jumping into this debate, fans are feeling that Powell’s comments acted as a probable wake-up call for Jamaican track and field. It has stirred discussion on this topic, in the hope that it may lead to something better for the Jamaican track!

Another one chimed in with, “Big up Asafa For speaking you’re Truth and Exposed Jamaica Corruption in Track & Field🔥” Well, previously, another Jamaican sprinter, Yohan Blake, revealed that so many athletes who have won medals for Jamaica had to go back to poverty after retirement. “Other countries have asked me if I could go run for them…if I was running for a different country, I could have retired at 25 or 21,” he said, which suggests the same lack of financial support that Powell now points out.

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However, it’s not just the track and field veteran in him. Fans also feel that Powell said what he did from a parent’s point of view. “All parents want the best for their children. Asafa knows his experience and doesn’t want the same for his children.” So, yes, a humanitarian perspective of just a father looking out for his children is something that many fans seem to be considering here.

But that’s not the end of it. Another track and field fan tried decoding Powell’s words further: “You know what? I realize the problem wasn’t the message but the messenger. I stood and still stand with Asafa. He said nothing wrong. Maybe he didn’t say enough. Nonetheless, most of the people who are bashing him for speaking up never even walked a mile as an athlete, much less run in their shoes.”

It may have been Powell’s poorly timed statement that triggered this reaction. Even Glen Mills stated that maybe Powell’s words could have made more impact while he was running. But at the end of his career, it might be interpreted differently. However, many believe that only track and field athletes truly know what it feels like to be in their shoes.

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A fan put an end to it, saying, “I said it before and I’ll say it again: who feels it knows, Safa is free to say if things don’t change in track and field, he’s not letting his kids run for Jamaica. So what about it? Talk yu talk Safa , as Jamaican, we love to cover up the facts too much. Safa said it when it was suppose to be said . People were saying his son form is perfect at a young age when he compete at his sports day , and his future looks bright in Athletics, so Safa responded. Big up Safa .❤ “

What do you think of this? Do you agree that track and field veterans like Asafa Powell and Glen Mills are starting a much-needed discussion? Let us know below!

Gout Gout clocks 19.84 in scintillating Perth run

More than a decade has passed since the Stawell Gift last attracted a sprint superstar from overseas, but some locals with deep pockets are “angling” to entice one of Noah Lyles or Sha’Carri Richardson for next year’s edition, according to the Victorian Athletic League president.

Wide World of Sports can also reveal local businessman Sandy McGregor has committed $150,000 to support Gout Gout over the coming months — and that sum of cash is in addition to the $50,000 he paid the 17-year-old Queensland sprint sensation to run at this year’s Stawell Gift.

McGregor, the majority owner of the racehorse that won the 2015 Melbourne Cup, will support Gout as he heads overseas with his camp to race in Europe and Japan this year.

The Ipswich product will contest the 200 metres at the Czech Republic’s Ostrava Golden Spike meet taking place on June 25 (AEST), as well as one other yet-to-be-revealed race on the same trip.

“He’s exciting, he deserves it [the funding], and we’re all hoping he gets to Europe and performs the way he’s been performing in Australia,” McGregor told Wide World of Sports.

Noah Lyles celebrates winning the men’s 100 metres at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

US megastar Noah Lyles celebrates winning the men’s 100 metres at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

“It’s an ongoing sponsorship to support team Gout. Originally, I put money towards the district first and Gout second, and now that it was a success [at the Stawell Gift], he deserves a bit more support until he gets himself more firmly entrenched in the system.”

McGregor has no official ties to either the Stawell Gift or the Victorian Athletic League (VAL), which runs Australia’s oldest and richest footrace, but he wanted Gout to run on the grass of Central Park this year because he’s passionate about the area thriving.

Gout and the event’s other major drawcard, fellow Queenslander Lachlan Kennedy, were both bundled out in the semi-finals of the men’s 120m.

Their early exits led to some sections of the mainstream media levelling scathing criticism at the handicapper, but Kennedy’s coach and the VAL president both rubbished that criticism.

Regardless, the impact Gout had on the country Victoria event was immense.

WWOS understands all three days of this year’s Stawell Gift drew a crowd that doubled usual daily attendances.

“They made a lot of money, the crowd was big and the town deserved it. So it’s good,” McGregor said.

“It will give it a kick along.”

Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States pictured at Paris 2024.

Sha’Carri Richardson of the US pictured at Paris 2024. Getty

McGregor said he wasn’t considering making a pitch for Lyles or Richardson, but VAL president Matt McDonough said some wealthy locals had indicated their interest.

Lyles is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in the men’s 100m, while Richardson is the defending world champion in the women’s 100m.

“There are a couple of people angling in that space … There are a few influential people that have some backing that suggested they’re going to try to see what they can do. There’s plenty of people around with money to support that,” McDonough told WWOS.

“Someone might say, ‘Look, we can spend half a million to get Noah Lyles’, and he might not come for that.

Gout Gout waves to the crowd after bowing out in the semi-finals of the men’s 120 metres.

Gout Gout waves to the crowd after bowing out in the semi-finals of the men’s 120 metres at the Stawell Gift. Getty

“Who knows? By the time we get to next year Gout could be just as big as Noah Lyles. So are we better off just spending a bit more money to ensure Gout comes back, rather than getting Noah Lyles?”

Linford Christie, Kim Collins and Asafa Powell are among the superstars who’ve travelled from overseas to run at the Stawell Gift, which this year marked its 143rd year.

“Stawell hasn’t had the big international star for a long time … We haven’t had that for 10-15 years,” McDonough said.

“We’d be interested, the VAL, and I’m sure Stawell would. We would be super excited to have any of the international superstars come along, like on

e of those big-name Americans, to take on Gout.”

The couple opened up to The Knot about their 2026 spring wedding details

Olympians Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield announced their engagement in October 2024

The track and field stars opened up about wedding planning in a recent interview with The Knot

Some wedding details, such as Lyles’ vows, may be improvised. Other details, including the theme and music selection, are being thoughtfully prepared

Sprinter Noah Lyles likes to do things on the fly. His wedding vows will be no exception.

While chatting with The Knot for the magazine’s cover story published on Tuesday, April 29, the six-time world champion and his fiancée, Junelle Bromfield, opened up about how they’re running toward the altar.

The Olympic medalists — who announced their engagement on Oct. 13, 2024 — have begun planning their 2026 spring wedding. However, not all details will be mapped out. For one, Lyles bets he’ll “wing” his vows much like he did his proposal speech.

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield on the cover of The Knot.

“I have a bet going on with my brother’s girlfriend,” Lyles told the outlet. “I told her about two years ago that I would wing my vows, and I stand true to that.”

While practicing their wedding vows for The Knot, Bromfield admitted that her fiancé “did good” improvising his proposal speech, but “would prefer if he wrote the vows” beforehand.

“I most definitely will not,” Bromfield said of winging her vows. “I get nervous in big crowds, so I need to write my vows.”

Lyles and the Jamaican track and field star also disagree about how big their wedding should be.

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield for The Knot. THE KNOT/CHRISEAN ROSE

“The biggest thing that just was not a compromise was probably the size of the wedding,” Lyles told the magazine. “I like big weddings, she likes very small weddings.”

“If it was up to Noah, we’d probably have like 400 people,” Bromfield said with a laugh. “We’re only having about 250, so I got the number down a little bit.”

Among the wedding guests will be “a lot of Olympians.”

“There will definitely be a few football players, basketball players, you know, just people that I’ve known throughout the years,” Lyles said, adding that there will likely be “three tables of Olympians all the way from like the ’80s to 2024.”

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield for The Knot.

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The wedding will also lean into Bromfield’s Jamaican heritage.

“I want to get as many Jamaicans involved as possible — my makeup artist, my dress, everything,” the bride-to-be said. “One of our wedding themes will be all things melanin, all the shades.”

The groom-to-be is most focused on the music selection.

“I’m going to be honest, the reception is definitely going to be heavily influenced by me,” he said. “I want everybody to have fun and interact with each other. I want the cultures mixing, people taking photos and everybody showing up in their Sunday best.”

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield

Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield for The Knot.

The couple, who met in 2017 over DM, additionally plan to honor their deceased loved ones.

“My mom and my brother have passed away, so Noah had this amazing idea to have empty chairs at the front with their pictures on them,” Bromfield shared.

Most of all, they’re excited to start their next chapter of life together as husband and wife.

“When I think about spending my life with Noah, I feel very excited because I know there’s so much the future holds for us,” Bromfield said, with Lyles chiming in, “With the goal being that we grow old together, with great kids and great grandkids.”