Athletics-America's Mu through to 800m final, keeping alive quest for gold - Reuters

6:09am PDT - July 31st, 2021    athing mu - Reuters

The United States' hopes of a first gold medal in more than half a century in the 800 metres got a boost on Saturday when 19-year old Athing Mu won her semi-final race with a time of one minute and 58.07 seconds, to propel her into medal contention early next…