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Athing Mu Wins Olympic Track and Field 800m Gold; 1st USA Woman in 53 Years to Win

American Athing Mu took gold in the women's 800 meters at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday.

NBC Olympics tweeted video of the 19-year-old's historic victory:

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ATHING MU TAKES THE GOLD! ud83eudd47<br><br>She is the first American woman to win the 800m since the 1968 Mexico City Games. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TokyoOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/WmJq2dYulr">pic.twitter.com/WmJq2dYulr</a>

Mu set an American record in the women's 800 meters with a time of 1:55.21, while Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson won silver at 1:55.88 and American Raevyn Rogers took bronze with a time of 1:56.81.

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