Gabby Thomas reacts to Noah Lyles and IShowSpeed's 'close' $100,000 race challenge

Gabby Thomas recently reacted to the 50m race between Noah Lyles and IShowSpeed. The YouTube streamer challenged the athlete for the 50m sprint with $100,000 as the prize, which was won by Lyles.

Everything began during a live stream that IShowSpeed was doing to attain 33 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. In the middle of this, he received a call from another YouTuber, Mr. Beast, who had Lyles on the call with him and also had a container with $100,000. After seeing Lyles, IShowSpeed instantly challenged him to a race to prove that he is the fastest man alive.

"Noah, Noah, race me! I need to prove to the world that I am the fastest man alive, bro. And I need to race you! Me and you need to race," said IShowSpeed.

Lyles responded:

"When do you want to lose, man? I am where I always am, I'm in Florida."

The challenge recently took place in Orlando, Florida, where Noah Lyles nabbed the victory. However, many on the internet believed that it was a close call between the YouTuber and the Olympic medalist. The discourse grabbed the attention of another Olympic champion, Gabby Thomas. She re-shared a video of the race, with the caption:

"Different angles show how close IShowSpeed was to beating Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles."

Disagreeing with this, Thomas wrote:

"This wasn't close....like at all😂 "

Gabby Thomas had an incredible 2024 season as she ended her Paris Olympics campaign with three gold medals.

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Gabby Thomas revealed the secret behind winning three medals at the Paris Olympics

Gabby Thomas proved her prowess as a formidable athlete by winning three gold medals in the 200m, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics. Days after this achievement, the American sprinter appeared on the CBS Morning Interview, where she opened up about her success at the quadrennial event. She unveiled the reason behind winning the three races and explained the significance of self-talk.

"I am building my self-talk. I'm building my confidence in that moment. I am telling myself that I am already the Olympic champion," said Thomas. "I wrote down over and over every morning, while I was in Paris, that I will be the Olympic champion - in my notes app - over and over and I envisioned the race all day, every day, imagining myself winning and crossing the line in front."

Gabby Thomas wrapped up her 2024 season after competing at the Athlos NYC meet in the 200m dash, where she attained a second-place finish behind Brittany Brown.