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Gabby Thomas shares her unique approach to staying calm and focused before Olympic finals, describing moments of unexpected serenity like yawning at the starting line.
The Olympic final in any event is one of the most competitive zones but seemingly for Gabby Thomas, it might just be another day in the office or rather, she might just be hiding what she feels.
The triple Olympic champion had an interview with Guardian Sport where she detailed her thought process as she toes the line for an Olympic final.
This was way before the Paris Olympic Games but picture this is how she felt before proceeding to win a gold medal in the women’s 200m final.
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Thomas admitted that it is usually a case of fight before flight since there are a series of emotions she has to go through but you can’t show that to your rivals since it would give them confidence.
When the gun goes off, Gabby Thomas pointed out that there is a different kind of feeling, like everything goes blank and it's you against the time.
In the women’s 200m at the Paris Olympics final, Gabby Thomas carried the day with her impressive run, crossing the finish line first in an astonishing 21.83 seconds.
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Fresh from winning the women’s 100m, Julien Alfred came in second in 22.09 seconds as Brittany Brown rounded up the podium in 22.20 seconds.
“There’s a lot of energy in this moment. It can be fear, nerves, anxiety, excitement, happiness, even frustration, all of that,” she revealed.
“But actually, there’s so much of a rush of adrenaline that I almost feel sedated, almost sleepy. Sometimes I’ll even be yawning on the line. But it’s not a bad thing. Then the gun goes off, and you black out.”
She added that hyping oneself up does wonders and she never misses on that when it comes to any race. However, once Gabby Thomas gets to the starting line, everything else disappears and her main focus is on hearing the gun.
Focusing on other things might make her reaction slower and no athlete wants that to happen to them while competing in a major race.
“I don’t want to hyper-focus on anything. It’s just about reacting to the gun. The hay is in the barn. You’ve done all the training,” Gabby Thomas said.
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