EUGENE, OREGON – Athing Mu reacts in the women’s 800 meter final on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 24, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Reigning women’s Olympic 800-metres champion Athing Mu will not defend her title at the 2024 Paris Games after falling in the US trials.
The 22-year-old tripped as she ran in the middle of the pack about 200m into the race in Eugene, Oregon and finished last.
Nia Akins won the race and will travel to Paris along with runner-up Allie Wilson and third-placed Juliette Whittaker.
Mu would have been expected to be a key adversary for Team GB’s Keely Hodgkinson, who claimed silver behind the American in the 800-metres in Tokyo as a teenager.
In the men’s 400-metres, Quincy Hall chased down 2022 world champion Michael Norman after the final turn to win in 44-point-14 seconds.
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