Athing Mu, 19, ends half-century U.S. drought with women’s 800m gold
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Mu made her pro debut at U.S. Olympic Trials in June, breaking Meredith Rainey’s 25-year-old 800m meet record in 1:56.07.
She broke the American indoor 600m record in 2019 at just 16 years old, and continued her record-breaking ways in the collegiate realm, running NCAA and American junior records in the 400m and 800m. She also broke the world junior record in the indoor 800m in February 2021
Mu remained as of her Olympic title win the fastest American this year in the 400m, an event in which she decided not to run at Trials.
The Trenton, New Jersey native is the second-youngest of seven siblings and was born in the U.S. one year after her family immigrated from Sudan.
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