Athing Mu 𝟭:𝟱𝟳.𝟳𝟯 - Crushes Collegiate Record!!!

So how much does some stiff competition help? Sub 1:55 at Monoco or some other Diamond league race?

Payday wrote:

So how much does some stiff competition help? Sub 1:55 at Monoco or some other Diamond league race?

How many runners can compete with her at 1:55 pace? Is there anyone currently who can push her to that kind of time?

Caster?

Caster now 5k specialist.

wow, what a race....she is sooooo smooth!!!

If she can run the rounds smart, we're looking at the olympic champion.

Also, I believe she will break the world record as a pro as well.

Look at that stride. Might be the best female athlete US ever had.

As crazy as it sounds with Rogers, Ajee, Mu in the same race, it might take a 1:56 or better to win the trials.

Good job Queen Mu.

Wow. What she needs to do is run a couple 800 from behind and blow by on the backstretch. Work on tactics for the trials

all she has to do is run her race in the trials and she goes to the Olympics...KISS

Love the video. She is literally dragging her feet at 60-sec pace and then opens up wonderfully to put away the field and nail the 1:57. I just envision her in an Olympic level race being towed along with other equivalent talents, letting them sprint it out the final 250m. Could be so, so interesting.

Make that breaking 1:53 eventually.

From the video it looked like about 59.6 on the first lap. I am always impressed by any runner who negative splits an 800M race. If you've ever run this distance you know what I mean. It looked like she either sped up or the field slowed down with 300M to go and then as she entered the final bend she gapped the field by quite a bit. Funny thing is she doesn't look like she's running fast - she must cover an awful lot of ground with every stride

59.7/57!! 1:55 is surely on the way. This will be a huge challenge for Ajee' Wilson to beat Mu. Gold medal is surely on the way. Once Mu ran that incredible 600m indoors at 16 (1:23.57, #2 all-time world indoor), you knew this was a great one. Taller than the rest of the field by far, thin, not muscular, no indication or need for drugs whatsoever, but ....

indoors

1 1:23.44 Olga Kotlyarova RUS 12.04.76 1r2 Moskva 01.02.2004

2 1:23.57 Athing Mu USA 08.06.02 1 New York City 24.02.2019

These are the only faster outdoor times:

1 1:21.77 Caster Semenya RSA 07.01.91 1 Berlin 27.08.2017

2 1:22.39 Ajee' Wilson USA 08.05.94 2 Berlin 27.08.2017

3 1:22.63A Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB 23.03.63 1 Guadalajara 25.07.1997

4 1:22.87 Maria Mutola MOZ 27.10.72 1 Naimette-Xhovémont 27.08.2002

5 1:23.13 Maria Mutola MOZ 27.10.72 1 Naimette-Xhovémont 02.09.2003

6 1:23.18 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 05.05.93 3 Berlin 27.08.2017

7 1:23.35 Pamela Jelimo KEN 15.12.89 1 Naimette-Xhovémont 05.07.2012

8 1:23.5A Doina Melinte ROU 27.12.56 1 Poiana Brasov 27.07.1986

Never saw it coming. Kidding. Delivered on her promise. She’s amazing. Form, speed, work ethic. I imagine she will only get better. Beating Raven as HS athlete was a prelude to this result. But anyone who is surprised was not paying attention. Impressed yes, but surprised not at all.

Orientalism wrote:

Make that breaking 1:53 eventually.

Absolutely ZERO chance of that.

I wouldn't be so sure. 1:57 as a 18 years old college freshman with very little experience in 800m. In a right race she could go 1:56 this year.

gernu wrote:

Orientalism wrote:

Make that breaking 1:53 eventually.

Absolutely ZERO chance of that.

This is an 800 mark that finally jibes with her 400 abilities and the fact that her endurance is solid. Given the negative split, you have to expect a 1:56 is in the cards if a race goes out in 57/58 and she can push from 300 out.