Athing Mu opens up about her love of running, marriage and overcoming 2024 disappointment

It's not the same guy. There are two Yegor Nikolayevs.

This is her husband. It says he is a USC grad who has been working in finance in the US since 2015:

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Meanwhile Yegor Nikolayev the athlete was racing a bunch in Russia during the same period.

Plus look at the photo below. This is Yegor Nikolayev the runner. He doesn't even have the same eye color as Mu's husband.

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It's ok Rojo It took me forever to realize that Mark Wetmore the Agent was a different person than Mark Wetmore the Coach.

Kersee is a lying sack of $hit!

From the article:
“Looking at the videotape, Rogers tripped her, had contact, in the left ankle, left thigh area,” Kersee told the Southern California News Group after the race. “Rogers was trying to squeeze in and caught her foot.”

He is going to try to blame this on Rogers? After Mu tripped up Nia Akins in 2021 and knocked her out of the Trials? After Mu tripped Prudence Sekgodiso and nearly knocked her out of the 2023 World Championship semifinal? After Mu nearly took out 1/4 of the field in the 2024 Trials?

Both Rogers and Sekgodiso are in the race on Saturday and I am hoping for that both of them absolutely crush Mu and leave her in last place. And I am sure Kersee will find a way to blame someone for her failure again.

This misconception (read: lie) has been peddled on the forum ever since she got married, but I didn't expect rojo to fall for it too considering it takes less than a minute to find her husband's identity and there is a picture of him on her Instagram

I’ll care what she has to say when she runs another REAL race. Nothing but talk and shenanigans from her and her coach

I'm on a planewith slow internet and trusted Scott Reid as it was publshed in a newspaper. I texted Jonathan about it and he told me it wasn't the same guy so I changed my initial post. No biggie.

All talk until she actually does something that is equal to her talent.

All good, I guess we should trust the piece and the intel.

But does anyone else remember the little "Queen" vignette she did before the trials last season? It was the same narrative "I'm back, I love doing this, it's time to go" etc etc etc

Then from the moment she stepped onto the track in the heats she looked absolutely miserable and like she would rather be anywhere else in the world except defending her Olympic title. It of course culminated in one of the most stunning trials moments ever that she was basically the sole the instigator of.

So forgive me if I digest this latest "no she really loves it" story with a grain of salt because it seems a little deja vu'ish - at least until we see what happens when she is actually in a race that matters and not some bizarre high school race with like 5 people in it.

I can't believe the head coach of Oregon and founder of BET Robert Johnson would make this mistake!

The fall was 100% Mu's fault. Shame on Kersee for calling out Rogers by name when Rogers did nothing wrong.

Mu ran a fresh 800 just a couple weeks after the fall and couldn't even break 2 minutes. She wasn't going to qualify even if she didn't trip herself.

of course we're gonna believe a statement written by a professional journalist.

but in the future, when your post has already been responded to, just leave the original comment up. at the bottom, write up your correction. it's nothing to be ashamed of.

I stopped when I got to the bit about 'the Lord'.

I thought she was dating the 800m runner from Texas a&m. Brandon something

"Mu-Nikolayev" lmao at this cat walking across keyboard ass name. The hyphenation crap is so cringe.

Not especially interested in Mu at all. Comes across as shady, sneaky, passive-aggressive. Many other great 800 runners to root for.

My takeaway from the article is she's being honest in saying that rediscovering her joy for track after her challenges the past couple of years is still a work in progress. She said, “Of course, there’s nothing more that I want than gold. But I think most importantly this year, it’s just me regaining my joy back and finding my love for the sport."

Looking at the photo gallery in the article, it's striking how genuinely joyful she looked at Texas A&M. I believe that's the joy she's trying to get back. I maintain that finding her joy again would be so much easier for her if she had training partners and didn't have to grind through workouts alone.

One big difference for her this year is she's now happily married, so I'm hoping having a supportive husband helps her.

This quote also stood out to me: "I’m just trying to be hopeful, because that’s the only way I’ll be able to get through my career in the most successful way." Those are the words of someone who's been going through tough times and is still battling to get all the way to the other side of it. I'm rooting for her to get there.

I'll be in Eugene for Pre, and there's no athlete I'm looking forward to seeing run more than Athing. I'll be cheering loud so she knows there are fans who still support her!

I can't look, I think he wants to hurt me.

Everyone hates L.A. chics.