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{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Youth Olympic Games|2018 Buenos Aires]]|800 m}}
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==Career==
On February 24, 2019, Mu broke the American women's record at the 600 meter event at the [[2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships]] with a time of 1:23.57. She bested the previous American women's record of 1:23.59 held by [[Alysia Montaño]], and nearly broke the women's world record of 1:23.44, held by [[Olga Kotlyarova]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/02/a-star-is-born-16-year-old-athing-mu-breaks-american-record-just-misses-wr-to-win-600-at-2019-usa-indoors-in-123-57/| first=Jonathan| last=Gault|date=24 February 24, 2019|title=A Star Is Born: 16-Year-Old Athing Mu Breaks American Record, Just Misses WR to Win 600 at 2019 USA Indoors in 1:23.57| website=LetsRun.com| access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref>
On February 6, 2021, Mu ran indoor 50.52 in the women's 400 meters, which was 0.3 seconds faster than [[Sanya Richards]]' official [[List of world under-20 records in athletics#Women 2|world under-20 record]] ratified by [[World Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/athing-mu-world-u20-indoor-400m-record-iapichino-675 |title=Mu breaks world U20 indoor 400m record, Iapichino leaps 6.75m |last=Mulkeen |first=Jon |website=worldathletics.org |date=7 February 7, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> However, Mu's time was slower than the 50.36 set by fellow American [[Sydney McLaughlin]], which was not able to meet the standards for world record ratification.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/am-frosh-athing-mu-cranking-out-record-times/ |title=A&M Frosh Athing Mu Cranking Out Record Times |last=Lindstrom |first=Sieg |website=trackandfieldnews.com |date=13 February 13, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> On February 27, she ran 1:58.40 in the 800 meters to set an indoor collegiate and world under-20 record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a35669058/athing-mu-sets-800-meter-ncaa-indoor-record/ |title=Athing Mu Smashes the Collegiate Indoor Record in the 800 Meters |last=Dutch |first=Taylor |website=runnersworld.com |date=28 February 28, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mulkeen|first1=Jon|last2=Ramsak|first2=Bob|date=28 February 28, 2021|title=Mu breaks world U20 indoor 800m record in Fayetteville|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/boling-harrison-world-leads-fayetteville-conference|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> She bested the previous collegiate record by more than two seconds. On April 17 in Waco, Texas, running outdoors, Mu set the 800 meter USA collegiate record with a time of 1:57.73.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2021/04/18/athing-mu-breaks-800m-collegiate-record/ |title=Athing Mu Breaks 800m Collegiate Record |website=kbtx.com |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> At the 2021 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 12, 2021, she lowered her Collegiate All-time Record mark to 49.57 in winning the 400m, before anchoring the Texas A&M Womens 4x400m relay squad to victory and a new collegiate record of 3:22.34 later in the day.<ref>[https://dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.net/OutdoorRegionals/2021/West/023-2_compiled.htm "Results: Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)"]. ''Flash Results''. May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7729637/Texas_AM/Athing_Mu.html | title=TFRRS Athling Mu - Track and Field Results and Statistics | access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>
She qualified for the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] in the 800 meters, placing first at the [[2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|US Olympic trials]] held in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, Oregon]] with a time of 1:56.07 min, which was the 2nd fastest result in American history, the events' record and [[Athletics abbreviations#Bests|world-leading]] time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 28, 2021-06-28|title=Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women’s 800 by Daylight|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/athing-of-beauty-mu-runs-2-time-in-u-s-history-to-win-womens-800-by-daylight/|access-date=July 4, 2021-07-04|website=LetsRun.com}}</ref>
At the delayed 2021 Olympic Games, Mu won the gold medal and broke the American record with a [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:55.21]] performance in the final.
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|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, OR]], United States
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|[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville, AR]], United States
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