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Reigning women’s Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu will not defend her title at the 2024 Paris Games after falling in the US Olympic trials.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 22-year-old tripped as she ran in the middle of the pack about 200m into the race in Eugene, Oregon and finished last.<\/p>\n
Nia Akins won the race and will travel to Paris along with runner-up Allie Wilson and third-placed Juliette Whittaker.<\/p>\n
Mu would have been expected to be a key adversary for Team GB’s Keely Hodgkinson, who claimed silver behind the American in the 800m in Tokyo as a teenager.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 400m, Quincy Hall chased down 2022 world champion Michael Norman after the final turn to win in 44.14 seconds.<\/p>\n
“I know I can run a lot faster than I did,” Norman said.<\/p>\n
“It was just a poorly executed race, I got a little too excited during the moment so I paid for it at the end.”<\/p>\n
Chris Bailey was third and will compete in Paris while 16-year-old Quincy Wilson finished sixth to put him in the mix for a call-up to the relay pool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n