Five-time Olympic medalist and USA track star Gabby Thomas will miss this month's 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo due to a lingering Achilles injury, the 28-year-old sprinter announced on Tuesday.

Thomas, who captured a full trio of gold medals at the 2024 Paris Games, has been dealing with the injury since May, going on to re-aggravate it in July prior to August's 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships, in which she placed third in her favored 200-meter race — narrowly booking her spot at the World Championships by a mere one-thousandth of a second margin.

"I understand that it will be disappointing for some track fans to hear this news, but I've finally come to the realization that it's OK to be human and take care of myself," she said in a statement.

"As an athlete you always want to keep grinding, but sometimes you simply can't outwork an injury," Thomas explained. "Sometimes it's about patience and making the right decision for the long term. All the best to my Team USA teammates fighting for medals in Tokyo."

As one of Team USA's top talents in the 200-meter dash as well as the 4×100- and 4×400-meter relays, Thomas plans to return to competition in 2026.

The 2025 Prefontaine Classic shattered world records on Saturday, as a pair of long- and middle-distance runners showed their class in a historic track and field meet.

On a day that international governing body World Athletics called the sport's best-ever single-day of competition — with the 2025 Prefontaine Classic seeing more performance points earned than in any other one-day meet in track and field history — two Kenyan stars rose above the rest.

Saturday saw Faith Kipyegon hit a personal best of 3:48.68 in the 1,500-meter race to break through her own world record by a 0.36-second margin.

The 31-year-old, who holds the last three Olympic titles in the event, claimed the new historic time less than two weeks removed from her first attempt to break the four-minute mile mark — a distance just 109 meters farther than the standard 1,500-meter race.

The Prefontaine Classic also saw fellow Kenyan Beatrice Chebet become the first woman to race 5,000 meters in under 14 minutes, with the 25-year-old breaking the barrier by turning in a world record time of 13:58.06 — shaving more than two seconds off Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay's previous world mark of 14:00.21.

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"I'm so happy," Chebet said afterward. "After [the June Diamond League meet in] Rome, I say that I am capable of running a world record so let me go back home and prepare… I told myself, 'if Faith [Kipyegon] is trying for a world record in Eugene, why not me too?'"

Along with the 5,000-meter mark, Chebet also holds the 10,000-meter record — as well as 2024 Olympic gold medals in both events.

Meanwhile, US hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone snagged sprinting headlines with a season-best time of 49.43 seconds to win the 400-meter flat race, continuing her progress as a flat runner after years dominating the 400-meter hurdles.

Sha’Carri Richardson took to Twitter on Sunday to thank those who supported her following her suspension from the Olympic games. The 21-year-old runner’s 100m Olympic trials win was disqualified after Richardson tested positive for marijuana.

Athletes from across the sports world came to Richardson’s defense following her one-month ban from the sport, with some, including WNBA star Sue Bird, calling for a change to the marijuana policy.

Others called for Richardson to be reinstated in the 100m race in Tokyo, sparking the trending hashtag #LetShaCarriRun.

Richardson could still race in the 4×100 relay in Tokyo as the event will take place outside of her month-long suspension. Whether or not USATF selects Richardson for the team will surely be a topic of conversation heading into the summer Games.

Athing Mu crushed the 800-meter final at the U.S. Olympic trials on Sunday night, winning the race in 1:56.07.

The 19-year-old’s race, which broke the Olympic trials record, was the second-fastest ever run by an American woman.

Raevyn Rogers and Ajee’ Wilson also qualified for the event, coming in second and third behind Mu.

Gabby Thomas is headed to Tokyo.

The American sprinter put on a show in the 200m final on Saturday, posting a blazing time of 21.61 seconds to speed past the competition and earn a spot on her first Olympic team.

Thomas set a U.S. Olympic track and field trials record with her time. She also clocked the third-fastest 200m ever; only Florence Griffith Joyner has run faster in the race, with times of 21.34 and 21.56 in 1988.

Jenna Prandini and Anavia Battle also qualified for the Olympics, finishing second and third behind Thomas.

Allyson Felix finished fifth and will not be racing in the 200m in Tokyo. Felix will compete in the 400m, which she qualified for earlier in the trials.

Allyson Felix is headed to Tokyo.

The 35-year-old sprinter qualified for her fifth Olympics on Sunday with her family, including daughter Camryn, cheering her on.

Felix ran from lane eight in the 400m final, motoring down the race’s home stretch to capture a second-place finish. Her time of 50.2 seconds was a season-best for Felix.

“It has been a fight to get here and one thing I know how to do is fight,” Felix said after the Olympic-qualifying race.

Felix will next race in the 200m at the Olympic trials beginning on Thursday.

Sha’Carri Richardson is headed to Tokyo.

The 21-year-old sprinter dominated the 100m final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on Saturday, clocking a time of 10.86 seconds to take the win.

Following the victory, Richardson revealed in the post-race interview that she had lost her biological mother just last week.

“My family has kept me grounded,” Richardson said, “I’m highly grateful for them. Without them, there would be no me.”

Richardson’s Olympic berth has set up a highly anticipated head-to-head match-up with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100m in Tokyo.

Allyson Felix started on the quest for her fifth Olympics, winning her 400m heat in the U.S. Track and Field trials on Friday.

Felix advanced out of the first round, clocking a time of 50.99 seconds. After the race, Felix said, “I feel good, I just want to run smart and keep progressing.”

The Olympic icon will join 15 other runners on Saturday for the 400m semifinals.

Sha’Carri Richardson had a picture-perfect start to her Olympic trials.

The 21-year-old American sprinter ran a blistering 10.84 in the 100m to capture her heat’s win on Friday.

After the race, Richardson told media her shoelaces were actually untied during the sprint, adding, “I’ll be sure to lace them up and tuck them for the next rounds to come.”

Richardson will be the heavy favorite in her upcoming 100m races, with or without tied laces.