Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will miss World Athletics Championships with injury

• American won three golds at Paris 2024

• 28-year-old has been dealing with achilles injury

Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will miss this month's World Athletics Championships with an achilles tendon injury she's been dealing with since May.

Thomas, who won the 200m in Paris and was on the 4x100m and 4x400m gold-medal relay teams, said she exacerbated the injury in July.

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," Thomas said in a press release on Tuesday. As an athlete you always want to keep grinding, but sometimes you simply can't outwork an injury. 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."