Gabby Thomas experienced a major health scare just three weeks before the Tokyo Olympic trials in 2021.
“I did have a slight hamstring injury strain, and I got a routine, like, MRI for that,” Thomas, 28, explained on “The Squeeze” podcast on Wednesday, August 13. “And in the MRI, they found a mass on my liver that honestly, for me, like, I read so many health research papers. I remember thinking, ‘It’s probably fine.’ I think most people have masses in their bodies that they will never be aware of because they don’t get MRIs as frequently as athletes do.”
However, the track and field athlete t...
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