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Track Star Gabby Thomas Stuns In Jaw-Dropping Vogue Magazine Cover

Originally posted on The Spun | By Matt Hladik | Last updated Jan 8, 2025 12:46 PM ET

Track star Gabby Thomas had a tremendous 2024, but 2025 might be even better for the Olympic gold medalist.

Thomas, 28, won three gold medals in Paris last summer, capturing the 200m and helping the United States win the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. In December, it was announced that Thomas will be one of several athletes featured in the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, along with Anna Hall, Suni Lee, Cameron Brink, Nelly Korda and others. Now, the Atlanta native is featured on the cover of the newest edition of Vogue.

Thomas is on one version of the cover, with WNBA star Angel Reese starring on the other. They are both part of the magazine's focus on "When Sports Met Fashion."

"Since returning from the Paris #Olympics with three gold medals, track and field star @GabbyThomas has had something of a fashion coming out party—sitting front row at shows, modeling, and even presenting the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award last year," Vogue wrote on Instagram. "This is all well-deserved fun in the interval between the hard work Thomas put in to earn her fame as a sprinter, and the hard work to come in the medical field where her ultimate ambitions lie."

Thomas turned heads with her cover pose, which featured her wearing a Sportmax top and Tory Burch shoes.

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While track and field is Thomas' main focus, she has always had an interest in fashion.

Now, she told Vogue, that interest is starting to become honed in.

“I’ve been so in athlete-world, I feel like I’m just starting to get a sense of what I like,” Thomas said. “Not that I don’t have my own style. I do, but then I put on something like that white Carolina Herrera dress that I wore to the show, and it’s like, Oh, oh-kaay. Since then I’ve been doing more ‘pretty’ looks. And more polished. Same with the hair and makeup, I’m growing with that too.

You can read Vogue's entire "When Sports Met Fashion" feature right here.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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