Athing Mu makes 1500m team in 4:03: VIPAM HATERS go home devasted

I never doubted her at all because I know Bobby wouldn’t let her race if she wasn’t showing decent times in training and from her interview she ran faster times in trialing.

Also, African American/Black American is an ethnicity, people that are descendants of chattel slaves.

Race: Black; Ethnicity: AA/BA; Nationality: American.

Mu is an ethnic Sudanese American, who is a black woman from America.

Race: Black; Ethnicity: Sudanese American; Nationality: American

and yes Elon Musk is not African American, he’s South African American.

I hope this helps.

First of all you posted under a second anonymous poster just to agree with yourself

Second, it's basically a draw... I mean yeah she definitely did good but she didn't do as amazing as you said

She's been running this distance since 7th grade competitively... So it's not such a surprise that she can do pretty good

You were making out like she can be the greatest thing ever at this distance???

I mean do you really think she can get down to 350... You said she could easily blow everyone away.

She got beat pretty bad in the prelims by two runners and she got beat pretty easily in the final by another one so???

I'd actually say like all your little kid type blustering got kind of shown... I mean she didn't blow everyone away

Find a username and stick with it and stop throwing negativity and hiding your hand. She did better than good, she made the team when all you haters said she wouldn't even be a factor. Regardless of her accomplishments in her youth, MOST of you dismissed her current ability at 1500m.

Yes she definitely could run FASTER than 4:03 this year when many of you said she couldn't run sub 4:10. Stopping changing your negativity and grow some...

Correct me if I'm wrong but warrant you the guy who kept saying she could easily set every record at this distance???

You did see her get beat pretty soundly in back-to-back races right?

Is she still even going to run the 400? Relays? She's a good runner but let's see what happens over the next couple years

Dude you went on and on about how she could easily set every record at the 1500!!!

She just got beat twice? And yet you're claiming some amazing triumph???

You were on a social media high and you just got completely treated???

She lost soundly in back-to-back races

I mean the thing is you kept saying how easy it would be for her

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaasssssyyyyyy...

Apparently not

Thank goodness we have a sociology major available to tell us how to make up labels for people that have no objective scientific basis.

I mean you said she could easily set the American record and be the best American

Ummmmmm... Neither of those things were close to happening

And why is she even running the 1500 instead of the 400?

I mean wouldn't she be a lot closer to the best in the world at the 400?

She's not even top 10 in the world at the 1500 maybe even not top 20 or 30

But if she put all that work into the 400 she would definitely be top 10 and maybe even top five???

4:03 1520 meters is what it was. She sure likes to run on the line between lane 1 and 2, even if no one is on the insider of her. Ok for 800, sort of. Needs to learn to move in if doing that for almost 4 laps.

The fact that you use Nuguse as another example of an "African-American", shows me that you are being purposefully obtuse, and that you yourself are aware of the distinction.

It seems accurate. Roisin Willis is Irish American.

I agree I find her running on the outside of lane 1 every race 600m.or longer a bit odd. The reason she does it is it makes it harder for her to be boxed in and she is confident of being able to hold her opponents off inside or outside of her. (Didn't work with Nikki but Athing will get her number too).

PLEASE STOP posting your nonsense. Athing just dropped her 1500m time from 4:16 to 4:03 and beat all of the USA top 1500m runner (except 1) with more EXPERIENCE! Being that it was a championship race and not a paced GP meet, I'm sure she is capable of much faster right now. Yared is a 3:29 man and he won his race in 3:34. Championship races are very seldomly ran like a ultra fast paced GP.

So her personal best might be 4:03 but it not indicative of her limit in a paced fast race.

There a few on these boards that felt that Mu could never be a credible 1500 performer, but I think the main sentiment was that she would never be as good at the 1500 as she could be at the 400, and her natural double is the 400/800 and not the 800/1500. Do you disagree with this? Despite her running 4:03 and coming second, this has not changed. If she was training all season to perform well in the 400, she’d be a favorite right now for a global medal, if not gold. It’s far less likely she’ll achieve this same level in the 1500, and certainly, she’s not at this level now. With little extra work Mu is a low 49 performer and possibly sub 49, so at most there are very few performers better. In the 1500 she remains 14 seconds off the world lead and how many others are between her and Kipyegon?

Dude stop your nonsense. It's not an amazing thing for someone with that much talent

I mean everyone knows she's fast, so running a 404 is good but it doesn't prove she can medal at that distance...

If she wins more gold in the 800 and then eventually medals in the 1500 you're right

If she doesn't win another gold in the 800 again and she never medals in the 1500 you're wrong

Yes seriously man, she's only 21 so why not focus on the speed for now and then eventually move up as she gets older and doesn't have the 400 speed

Anyway there was some guy going on and on about how easy it would be her to dominate the 1500

I'm just assuming it's the same dude. But she did not look like someone who could easily dominate the 1500

I mean none of those runners she competed against are probably top 20 in the world, maybe not even top 30.

I don't disagree at all. But we have no idea about Kersee's long term plan for her. For all we know he might be emphasizing strength this year with 2024 being a year where he focuses on speed.