American Gabby Thomas wins gold in women's 200-meter final

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Gabby Thomas was golden Monday night.

Thomas finished first in the women’s 200-meter race with a time of 21.83, defeating St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred and Team USA teammate Brittany Brown at the Paris Olympics. 

Alfred finished at 22.08 and Brown finished at 22.20. American McKenzie Long finished seventh with a time of 22.42.

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Gabrielle Thomas of the U.S. celebrates winning the women's 200-meter final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Aug. 6, 2024.  (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)

The 27-year-old Georgia native made her mark on the track, getting the gold after putting together a bronze-medal performance in the event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were held in 2021. She also won a silver medal in the 2020 Games in the 4x100-meter relay.

Thomas won 22 conference titles while at Harvard, and she’s much more than an athlete.

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Gold medalist Gabrielle Thomas of the United States celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter final on day eleven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris.  (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

She studied neurobiology and global health while at the Ivy League school, and she earned her master's degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in May. Between all of that, she had time to make sure she stayed an elite athlete and won gold.

The bronze medal is Brown’s first Olympic medal of her career. She won a gold medal in the 200 in the