Popsugar Health & Fitness Track And Field Gabby Thomas Gets Bronze in 200m at the 2021 Olympics Gabby Thomas Is an Olympic Medalist! The Sprinter Takes Bronze in Women's 200m Final 3 August 2021 by Maggie Ryan Image Source: Getty / GIUSEPPE CACACE Gabby Thomas, aka Wonder Woman, has pulled off another superhero-esque feat. Just over a month after the sprinter put up the third-fastest time ever at the US Olympic Trials, Thomas secured a bronze medal at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, taking third behind Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah and Christine Mboma of Namibia. Thompson-Herah's incredible time of 21.53 was good enough for a national record, and is now the second-fastest time in history behind the record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner (aka Flo-Jo) in 1988. Mboma, who edged Thomas in both the prelims and semifinals, put up a 21.81. It was, all in all, an electric Olympic final, as Thomas took home her first medal (21.87 seconds) and Thompson-Herah became the first woman to grab a "double-double" in track and field: winning a gold medal in the same event in consecutive Olympics (Rio and Tokyo). "I really had to pull it out to win the 200 meter," said Thompson-Herah, who also won gold in the 100m. "I can't believe it." Ahead, see a clip of the last 100 meters of the race and photos of Thompson-Herah, Mboma, and Thomas crossing the finish line. Congrats to the medalists! Related: Simone Biles's Return to Olympic Competition Won Her Beam Bronze — and a Golden Moment Elaine Thompson-Herah completes the double-double! 🥇She wins the women's 100m and 200m. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/e6wu5eezFs— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 3, 2021 1 / 12 Runners on the Turn of the Women's 200m at the 2021 Olympics Image Source: Getty / ANTONIN THUILLIER 2 / 12 Runners on the Home Stretch of the Women's 200m at the 2021 Olympics Image Source: Getty / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU 3 / 12 Image Source: Getty / GIUSEPPE CACACE 4 / 12 Elaine Thompson-Herah and Christine Mboma Cross the Finish Line of the Women's 200m Image Source: Getty / JEWEL SAMAD 5 / 12 Elaine Thompson-Herah Crosses the Finish Line of the Women's 200m Image Source: Getty / JEWEL SAMAD 6 / 12 Christine Mboma Crosses the Finish Line of the Women's 200m Image Source: Getty / JEWEL SAMAD 7 / 12 Gabby Thomas Reacts to Winning Bronze in the Women's 200m Image Source: Getty / GIUSEPPE CACACE 8 / 12 Elaine Thompson-Herah Celebrates Winning Gold in the Women's 200m at the 2021 Olympics Image Source: Getty / Jean Catuffe 9 / 12 Christine Mboma Celebrates Winning Silver in the Women's 200m at the 2021 Olympics Image Source: Getty / Jean Catuffe 10 / 12 Gabby Thomas Celebrates Winning Bronze in the Women's 200m at the 2021 Olympics Image Source: Getty / David Ramos 11 / 12 Congrats to the Medalists! Image Source: Getty / JEWEL SAMAD 12 / 12 Track And FieldSummer Olympics 2021AthletesSportsOlympics