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Mu, 21, is the reigning World and Olympic 800m champion and poses a great threat to Moraa’s chances of bagging the gold medal.
Commonwealth Games champion Mary Moraa's chance of escalating her hot streak heightened significantly after it emerged that defending champion Athing Mu of the USA might not be lining up for the 800m at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Mu, 21, is the reigning World and Olympic 800m champion and poses a great threat to Moraa’s chances of bagging the gold medal when they head to the country in Central Europe for the huge task scheduled for August 19 to 27.
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17:15 - 02.08.2023
ATHLETICS Sigh of relief as World Athletics give approval to Kenyan relay teams to grace World Championships
World Athletics gave a nod to the men’s 4x100m team, men’s 4x400m team, and the mixed relay team to be entered into the tight race.
Mu and Moraa have not clashed yet this season and will be expected to meet on the tracks at the global showpiece but Mu’s coach, Bobby Kersee has hinted that the American might miss out on this year’s edition.
As reported by Los Angeles Times, for the past several weeks Mu and those around her have been mulling two options, whether to defend her title or train and not compete, through the rest of this season with her focus on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“It’s in our control if we decide we’re just going to go ahead and train through this year and focus on next year, then that’s what we’re going to do.
The training is going well but our thought process, openly, is that we’re going to just train here in L.A. for the next two weeks and the next time she gets on the plane it’ll either be on vacation or to Budapest,” Kersee told Los Angeles Times.
He added that Mu will still declare for the world championships while playing her decision by ear. He noted that if she does choose to run at this month’s world championships, it would be the 800 solely and not on any U.S. relay.
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06:00 - 03.08.2023
FOOTBALL: Ex-Leopards winger Paul Were sets sight on explosive return to Europe
Were has revealed the real reason he has failed to get an opportunity to play at the biggest European leagues despite enjoying stints for various Greek clubs.
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