Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu out of Paris 2024 after falling at US trials
- 22-year-old had been touted as one of USA’s stars in Paris
- Track officials denied an appeal
Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat came crashing down on the first lap of the 800m final at the US Olympic trials on Monday.
Racing in the middle of the pack, Mu tangled with a bunched group of runners and went crashing to the ground before rolling on to her back. She got back to her feet and finished the race, but was more than 22 seconds behind the winner, Nia Akins, who took first place with a time of 1 minute 57.36 seconds.