Keely Not Having Fun

I'd lay a good bet on Mu being at her peak already and Hodgkinson improving quite a bit more due to strength and speed gains in the next couple of years, based on the way they both run. In other words, I think Mu is already the complete package, and was even more so in 2021, and Hodgkinson isn't fully there yet.

Good win for Keely. Mu has a lot of room to grow though. She has 49-second ability and is just scratching the surface as far as strength.

Keely has more innate raw talent than Mu. Mu was trained like an elite since her early teenage years where she can with a club and not on her HS team. Mu is like a Verzbikas or Mary Cain -- she's obviously more successful but her pro career will be short and her times have peaked. Keely is the future.

no.

Stats say that Mu is le most consistent around 1:57

Keely is consistent around 1:58:50

Being down still about losing to someone who does not know how to run an 800 doesn’t bode well for Keely, if your opinion is to be believed.

Keely would have easily won that race if she had gone through the first lap about a second slower

But with that mentality you could also argue Wayde Van Niekerk has more 800 potential than Rudisha. Talent isn’t only pure speed.

Great to see Keely win. So nice for her.

Do people here not realize that Athing Mu has already realized her potential with her OLYMPIC GOLD? That's all she desired to win. Everything else from now on is bonus, perhaps she moves down to 400m for her next Olympic Gold? She already has two Olympic Gold Medals.

Keely will look to fulfill her potential in Paris.

You struggle with the most rude-imentary concepts. Get help.

Can we just stop for a second and appreciate how amazing it is that Hodgkinson (and Mu for that matter) has been so consistent for over a year now. Regular winner on the DL circuit, second at two global champs, winner at the Euros, runs 1:58/59 for fun. The level of consistency from Hodgkinson and Mu in the 800m - the most chaotic of all events - is pretty astounding

Gold, 1:59.04

Verzbicas and Cain have no medals at the senior level. Also, Verzbicas almost died in a cycling accident.

Silver, Silver, Gold

1:56, 1:57, 1:59

What a summer for Keely

No, but Mu ran 1:55 and 49 multiple times in a year where she ran dozens of races and had elite level training for the first time. She clearly has no trouble converting her 400m abilities to the 800. This year was definitely a struggle but she remained undefeated. She clearly is ideally positioned to improve with more consistent training and strength work. Don’t get me wrong I think Keely will improve too, but the speed end can be harder to made massive improvements in than the endurance side.

Keely will always be playing second fiddle to Mu.

Mu was 19 years old in 2021 and you think she was at her peak?

why does keely have tats / bruises on the insides of her arms?

Never seen bruises on her but the tattoos are a kind of fashion statement or a trend that's gotten out of hand. To some girls they may have meaning based on their experiences. Doubt she's been hardly use enough for that tho.