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Sports betting is legal and growing more popular. Harassment of athletes by angry gamblers is rising too

Sports betting is legal and growing more popular. Harassment of athletes by angry gamblers is rising too



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Gabby Thomas being harassed at last weekend’s Grand Slam Track meet was shocking – except, actually, it wasn’t, given how often it seems to be happening.

Thomas, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, said she was verbally abused at the meet, reporting on X that a “grown man followed me around the track as I took pictures and signed autographs for fans (mostly children) shouting personal insults.”

Thomas’ statement was in reply to another post on X – which has since been deleted – showing a video of a person heckling Thomas while she was on the starting line, shouting, “You’re a choke artist; you’re going down, Gabby.”

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