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:
#TokyoOlympicsATHING 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&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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