At the Tokyo Games, Thomas will compete alongside nine-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix, who she's looked up to since childhood. "She was the first person I remember watching on TV, the person who has been in the back of my head. To be on the team with her makes me want to cry," Thomas told the New York Times.
CBS News reported that Felix hugged and congratulated Thomas after her historic 200-meter race at the Trials. "It made me so happy because it just really felt like she genuinely was happy for me and like passing the torch on," Thomas said.