A year after injury kept her off the U.S. team, Gabby Thomas came back to Hayward Field and reasserted herself atop the women’s 200m podium.

Thomas ran 21.60, .01 faster than her lifetime best and good for the sixth fastest time in history. 

Sha’Carri Richardson was second in 21.94, a personal best, and Kayla White was third with a 22.01. Abby Steiner took fourth in 22.07.

A fast time for Thomas appeared to be in the cards after she ran her semifinal in 21.86. That was the world lead until Shericka Jackson of Jamaica ran 21.71 at her country’s national championships just a few minutes later.

But Thomas grabbed it back and did it in convincing fashion, using a strong final 100m from lane eight.