Gabby Thomas calls out ‘weirdo' heckler over ‘bragging' social media post
Thomas explained that she publicly called out the man because she saw him 'bragging' about heckling her on social media.
'I made Gabby lose by heckling her. And it made my parlay win,' the man wrote under the username 'Mr 100K a day' in response to a recap post by Thomas, who finished fourth in the 100-meter race at the Grand Slam Track meet, and second place in the 200-meter sprint on Sunday.
3 Gabby Thomas of the United States competes in the women's 200m on Day 1 of Grand Slam Track at Franklin Field in on May 31, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The man included an image of a bet he supposedly made online and a snapshot of Thomas and the other runners at the starting line at Franklin Field.
'This grown man followed me around the track as I took pictures and signed autographs for fans (mostly children) shouting personal insults,' Thomas, 28, wrote in response. 'Anybody who enables him online is gross.'
Thomas called the man 'a weirdo' while replying to fans.
Thomas added that she 'wasn't even going to tweet about it but since he's bragging.'
'Honestly the heckling is tolerable, it's following me around the stadium that's wild,' she wrote in another post.
The man denied Thomas' claims and called her a liar in a YouTube video posted Monday under the same username — adding that she tweeted about him 'for sympathy.'
He also said he does not like Thomas and called her 'a Karen.'
3 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA), left, defeats Gabby Thomas (USA) to win the women's 200m, 21.99 to 22.10, during the Grand Slam Track Philadelphia at Franklin Field on May 31, 2025.
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In the 11-minute video, he showed clips of him heckling Thomas and saying he wanted Melissa Jefferson-Wooden to win the 200m race.
'Gabby Thomas is scared I see it in her eyes,' the man yelled, before calling her a 'choke artist.'
The man was also heard yelling, 'Melissa got married this year, got a Black husband, Gabby got a white guy,' referring to Thomas' fiancé, Spencer McManes, who is white.
3 Olympian Gabby Thomas and Spencer McManes are seen arriving to the Carolina Herrera fashion show during New York Fashion Week on September 9, 2024 in New York City.
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At one point, he said Thomas 'walked past me and she spoke to me and she said, 'Hey what're you doing here? You're just a heckler… She laughed, smiled and kept walking. That was the last time I saw Gabby.'
Earlier this year, Thomas shared a PSA on TikTok and explained that she feared she was being stalked by a group of middle-aged men, who allegedly followed her to and from multiple cities in the United States recently.
The U.S. sprinter made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in the magazine's 2025 issue in May.
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