Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Athing Mu, the defending Olympics gold medalist in the 800-meter race, tripped and fell during trials Monday, ending her bid to make the United States team headed to the Paris 2024 Olympics. The shocking turn of events for the 2023 World Championships bronze medalist showed how difficult it is to make the elite United States track and field Olympics team. Nia Akins, Allie Wilson and Juliette Whittaker finished 1-2-3 and are all going to their first Olympic Games.
“It doesn’t matter who you are,” Ato Boldon told NBC Olympics in a pre-Trials roundtable. “You’re guaranteed drama. It’s the toughest team in the world to make.” Earlier in the year, Mu had been nursing a sore hamstring and pulled out of two competitions. Still, she was expected by many to compete in Paris. “It’s tough to see, especially for someone like Athing, who you know could win a gold medal,' 400 meter hurdler Rai Benjamin said from the sideline on Monday.
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