Athing Mu is your gold medal favorite and American great Ajee Wilson did not make the Olympic 800m final.

Mu's magical 2021 continued as she ran a Trials record and US #2 time of 1:56.07 thanks to an incredible 28.49 final 200. Behind her, Raevyn Rogers and Ajee Wilson came from way back to grab their tickets to Tokyo in a super competitive race where 5 of the top 6 ran lifetime bests.

Wilson has been the best in the world for most of the past four years, but Mu has been on fire in 2021. And what about Raevyn Rogers or the resurgent Kate Grace and Chanelle Price?

Grant Holloway (13.04, +2.2 wind) and Ajee' Wilson (2:00.57 win over Natoya Goule) looked great, but Matthew Centrowitz (6th, 1:50.97) and Robby Andrews (5th, 3:46.89) struggled.

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Double Olympic champ Elaine Thompson-Herah, world record holder Keni Harrison, and Sha'Carri Richardson will also be in action.

The event ended up being a bit of a misnomer as few qualifying times were earned as 11 days after 7 degree temps (-13.9 C) were in Austin, warm and humid conditions (73 degrees (22.9C), 65 dew point, 76% humidity) made fast times difficult in the long distance events. But Klosterhalfen and Wilson were impressive as was 5000 meter man Justyn Knight (3:36.62) who dropped down and spanked the milers in the 1500.

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The 23-year-old, coming off a World Championship silver, will no longer train alongside Ajee' Wilson.

Jam packed action on the roads, the turf, and the indoor oval.

The 800s went very much according to form as Wilson and Hoppel earned wins as expected.

The biggest surprise may have been Kaela Edwards at the former NCAA mile champ showed the form she flashed in 2018 when she broke 2:00.

Purrier and Houlihan are both double-entered in the 1500 & 3k, while Wilson faces Rogers in a battle of World Championship medalists. Colleen Quigley, Courtney Frerichs, and Karissa Schweizer will also be in action.

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Elle Purrier became a new American star on the week American stars Donavan Brazier, Ajee Wilson, and Galen Rupp all excelled.

What an incredible night. For 70 minutes on Saturday evening, the American distance running world lost its collective mind. When it was all over, a US HS record + 3 outright American records were history.

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Halimah Nakaayi got the surprise win as Raevyn Rogers and Ajee' Wilson went silver and bronze for the US.

It's time to get read for Worlds as they start on Friday. Wilson is the favorite for gold but might America sweep the medals and go 1-2-3?

Ajee Wilson is the best 800m runner in the world and her teammate Raevyn Rogers may be the #2.