Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas said she was followed and verbally abused by a sports bettor during a Grand Slam Track meet in Philadelphia over the weekend.
“This grown man followed me around the track as I took pictures and signed autographs for fans (mostly children) shouting personal insults- anybody who enables him online is gross,” Thomas wrote on X on Monday.
In response to a previous post from Thomas, a man posted a video of him heckling the sprinter at the starting line and shared a screenshot of a winning bet slip which showed he won over $800 on a parlay which included a victory by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the women’s 100m. Thomas, who won gold in Paris in the 200m, was bested by Jefferson-Wooden in the 200 on Saturday and then beaten by Jefferson-Wooden again Sunday in the 100.
The man wrote, “I made Gabby lose by heckling her. And it made my parlay win.”
In a thread, Thomas later replied to another commenter: “Honestly the heckling is tolerable, it’s following me around the stadium that’s wild.”
Grand Slam Track said Tuesday it’s working to identify the man in the video and is investigating the incident.
“Grand Slam Track is conducting a full investigation into the reprehensible behavior captured on video,” the…
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