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Athing Mu (born June 8, 2002)[1] is an American middle-distance runner. She is the youngest woman in history to own Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. At the age of 19, Mu won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking a national record set by Ajeé Wilson in 2017, and a continental under-20 record. She took a second gold as part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay. She is the 800 m 2022 World champion, becoming the first American woman to win the world championship title over the distance.[2]

Athing Mu
Mu at the 2019 USATF Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born (2002-06-08) June 8, 2002 (age 20)
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight124 lb (56 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 meters
800 meters
College teamTexas A&M Aggies
ClubNike Global
Trenton Track Club (youth)
Coached byBobby Kersee (2023–)
Milton Mallard (–2022)
Al Jennings (youth)
Bernice Mitchell (youth)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo800 m
2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
World Championships
2022 Eugene800 m
Pan American U20 Championships
2019 San José800 m
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires800 m
Updated on July 24, 2022.

Mu holds world under-20 record in the women's indoor 800 m, which she set in early 2021. She also holds the world U20 best in the indoor 600 meters, set in 2019 when she was 16 years of age. Her time is the second fastest ever run indoors and the second fastest run by an American woman in any condition.


Early life


Athing Mu was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, and is the second youngest of seven siblings.[3] Her parents immigrated to the United States from South Sudan, and her family is of South Sudanese heritage. She began competing in track at the age of 6. Mu did not join her high school track team, choosing to compete instead for Trenton Track Club. She graduated from Trenton Central High School in 2020.[3]


Career


On February 24, 2019, Mu broke the American women's record at the 600 meter event at the 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 1:23.57. She bested the previous American women's record of 1:23.59 held by Alysia Montaño, and nearly broke the women's world record of 1:23.44, held by Olga Kotlyarova.[4]


2021


On February 6, Mu ran indoor 50.52 s in the women's 400 meters, which was 0.3 seconds faster than Sanya Richards' official world under-20 record ratified by World Athletics.[5] However, Mu's time was slower than the 50.36 s set by fellow American Sydney McLaughlin, which was not able to meet the standards for world record ratification.[6] On February 27, she ran 1:58.40 in the 800 meters to set an indoor collegiate and world under-20 record.[7][8] She bested the previous collegiate record by more than two seconds. On April 17 in Waco, Texas, running outdoors, Mu set the 800 meter USA collegiate record with a time of 1:57.73.[9] At the 2021 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 12, 2021, she lowered her collegiate all-time record mark to 49.57 s in winning the 400m, before anchoring the Texas A&M Women's 4 × 400 m relay squad to victory and a new collegiate record of 3:22.34 later in the day.[10][11]

Mu qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the US Olympic trials held in Eugene, Oregon by placing first in the event with a time of 1:56.07, a world-leading time and the second-fastest result in American history.[12] At the Tokyo Games, she won two gold medals for the women's 800 meters and women's 4 x 400 meters relay. In her individual event, Mu led from gun to tape in a dominant showing, finishing clear ahead of Keely Hodgkinson and compatriot Raevyn Rogers. She broke the American women's 800 meter record with a 1m 55.21s performance and ended a 53-year Olympic win drought for the USA – the last American woman who won the event was Madeline Manning at the 1968 Mexico Olympics (first Olympic 800m male or female win since Dave Wottle at the Munich 1972). Mu became also the youngest U.S. woman to win individual Olympic track and field title since Wyomia Tyus earned the 100 m title at the 1964 Tokyo Games.[13]

In her first post-Olympic race at the Prefontaine Classic, she set even better American 800 m record of one minute 55.04 seconds despite running by herself over the final lap, also the all-comers' record, putting her eighth on the world all-time list.[14][15]

In that season Mu competed 36 times (including rounds) and triumphed in 35 races.[16] For her record-breaking season she was voted World Athletics women's Rising Star.

Mu at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Mu at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene

2022


At the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July, Mu this time barely held off Hodgkinson to take the women's 800 m gold with a world-leading time of 1:56.30. She won by 0.08 s after a tight finish on the home stretch, with Mary Moraa trailing in third. Thus, Mu became the first American woman to win the 800 m world championship title, and the youngest woman in history to own Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. She also extended her outdoor win streak to nearly three years as she hadn’t lost an outdoor race (in any round, at any distance) since September 2019.[2]


Achievements


All information taken from World Athletics profile.


Personal bests


Event Time Venue Date Notes
400 meters 49.57 Eugene, OR, United States June 12, 2021 CR AU20R
4×400 m relay split 48.32 Tokyo, Japan August 7, 2021 fourth leg[17]
800 meters 1:55.04 Eugene, OR, United States August 21, 2021 AU20R NR, 8th all time
400 meters indoor 50.52 i College Station, TX, United States February 6, 2021
600 meters indoor 1:23.57 i New York, NY, United States February 24, 2019 CR WU18B WU20B
800 meters indoor 1:58.40 i Fayetteville, AR, United States February 27, 2021 CR World under-20 record
One mile indoor 4:37.99 i College Station, TX, United States January 15, 2022

International competitions


Representing the  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd 800 m 2:05.23
2019 Pan American U20 Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 800 m 2:05.50
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 11th (h) 800 m 2:07.30
The Match Europe v USA Minsk, Belarus 7th 800 m 2:06.68
8th 400 m 54.34
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 800 m 1:55.21 AU20R NR
1st 4×400 m relay 3:16.85 WL SB
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 1st 800 m 1:56.30 WL

Circuit wins



References


  1. "Athing MU – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Azzi, Alex (July 24, 2022). "Athing Mu becomes first American woman to win 800m, keeps win streak alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. "Athing Mu". teamusa.org. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  4. Gault, Jonathan (February 24, 2019). "A Star Is Born: 16-Year-Old Athing Mu Breaks American Record, Just Misses WR to Win 600 at 2019 USA Indoors in 1:23.57". LetsRun.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  5. Mulkeen, Jon (February 7, 2021). "Mu breaks world U20 indoor 400m record, Iapichino leaps 6.75m". worldathletics.org. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  6. Lindstrom, Sieg (February 13, 2021). "A&M Frosh Athing Mu Cranking Out Record Times". trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  7. Dutch, Taylor (February 28, 2021). "Athing Mu Smashes the Collegiate Indoor Record in the 800 Meters". runnersworld.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  8. Mulkeen, Jon; Ramsak, Bob (February 28, 2021). "Mu breaks world U20 indoor 800m record in Fayetteville". worldathletics.org. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  9. "Athing Mu Breaks 800m Collegiate Record". kbtx.com. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  10. "Results: Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)". Flash Results. May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  11. "Athling Mu at Texas A&M". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  12. "Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women's 800 by Daylight". LetsRun.com. June 28, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  13. "Athing Mu coached by Bobby Kersee, joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". NBC Sports. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  14. "Diamond League | Eugene, OR (USA) | 20th - 21st August 2021 – Result lists" (PDF). Diamond League. August 21, 2021. p. 5. Retrieved August 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Athing Mu caps an incredible year with a 1:55.04 American record". LetsRun.com. August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  16. Bishop, Greg (July 23, 2022). "Driven by Joy, Athing Mu Has Learned to Dominate Track's Most Brutal Race". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  17. "Athletics - Final Results - Women's 4x400 m relay (Tokyo, 2020)". IOC. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.



На других языках


[de] Athing Mu

Athing Mu (* 8. Juni 2002 in Trenton, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Leichtathletin, die sich auf die 400- und 800-Meter-Distanz spezialisiert hat. 2021 gewann sie bei den Olympischen Spielen in Tokio über 800 Meter die Goldmedaille und eine weitere mit der 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel.
- [en] Athing Mu

[es] Athing Mu

Athing Mu (Trenton, 8 de junio de 2002) es una deportista estadounidense que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de mediofondo. Su familia es de origen sudanés.[1]

[fr] Athing Mu

Athing Mu, née le 8 juin 2002 à Trenton, dans le nord-est des États-Unis, est une athlète américaine spécialiste du 400 et 800 mètres.

[it] Athing Mu

Athing Mu (Trenton, 8 giugno 2002) è una mezzofondista statunitense, campionessa olimpica degli 800 metri piani a Tokyo 2020.

[ru] Му, Атинг

Атинг Му (англ. Athing Mu; род. 8 июня 2002[1], Трентон) — американская бегунья на средние дистанции, двукратная чемпионка летних Олимпийских игр 2020 года в Токио.



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