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Texas A&M’s Athing Mu becomes first American women to win an 800m world championship

Texas A&M’s Athing Mu made history at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Last night, Texas A&M’s Athing Mu made history at the 2022 World Athletics Championships as she became the first American woman to win an 800m world championship, doing so at just 20-years-old.

Mu entered Sunday night’s final as the top-ranked runner as she recorded the fastest semifinal run of 1:58.12. The top-five semifinal runs were narrowly separated by 0.65 seconds.

In the final, Mu found another gear and came across the finish line with the clock reading 1:56.30 – 0.08 seconds faster than the runner-up from Great Britain, Keely Hodgkinson. Rounding out the top-three was Kenyan, Mary Moraa (1:56.71).

Mu finds herself leaving Oregon with another gold medal as she places her 2022 World Championship next to her 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 800m gold medal.

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WATCH: Raevyn Rogers mounts insane comeback to win first Olympic medal in 800m final

Raevyn Rogers looked to be down and out, but a massive kick down the backstretch shot her past 4 women and put her in third, winning bronze in the 800m final.

Now that’s how you finish a race like there’s no tomorrow.

For about 90 percent of the race, Oregon Ducks legend Raevyn Rogers was near the back of the pack, seemingly letting her chance at a first Olympic medal in the 800m final get away from her. Up ahead, United States sensation, Athing Mu, was dominating and pulling away down the backstretch.

While the world was focused on the 19-year-old who was about to cruise to her first of hopefully many medals, Rogers was mounting a charge.

Down the final straightaway, Raevyn flew up the leaderboard, making her way past four other women to just barely edge out a third-place finish as she crossed the stripe. Mu won the gold, and Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson β€” another 19-year-old β€” won the silver.

It was stressful until the very end, and at many points, didn’t look like it was going to happen, but Rogers found a way to get the job done and land on the podium in her first Summer Olympics.

The legend lives on for one of Oregon’s all-time favorites.

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