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"Truthfully, I had been envisioning myself winning that race over and over again the entire time that I was in Paris, so in my head, when I got into the starting blocks, I had already won the race. I believed that I was an Olympic champion," Thomas said before giving her actual answer. "The true moment that I realized I had won was coming off the curve."
Thomas went on to win two more gold medals in Paris with the 4x100 and 4x400 women's relay teams. She won a silver medal in the 4x100 relay and a bronze medal in the 200-meter race back at the Tokyo Olympics, bringing her Olympic medal count to five.Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective.
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