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Meet The NJ, PA Athletes Crushing The Olympic Trials Meet The NJ, PA Athletes Crushing The Olympic Trials
Meet The NJ, PA Athletes Crushing The Olympic Trials A teenage running phenomenon from Trenton smashed a 25-year-old U.S. Olympic Trials record en route to the World Olympics in Tokyo. Athing Mu is among a half-dozen track and field stars with ties to New Jersey and Pennsylvania who qualified for the Summer Games that begin on July 23. Mu on Sunday ran 800 meters in a sizzling 1:56.07, the fastest time in the world this year and the second fastest time ever run by an American woman. Mu attended Trenton Central High but did not compete with the school track team while training for national and international competition. She is completing her…

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