CNN
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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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