 viewing it as a two-horse race. USA's Gabby Thomas, the second-fastest 200-meter sprinter in USA history, a favorite for Paris, but her personal best is 21.60 seconds from July last year, which makes her the fourth-fastest woman in history behind world record-holder Florence Griffith-Joiners, 21.34 seconds, and Jamaican's Sharika Jackson, 21.41 seconds, and Elaine Thompson-Hera, 21.53 seconds.