Matt Schubert is the Sports Editor for The Denver Post. He is a graduate of the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. His journalism career has spanned three time zones and four states, with previous stops in Washington, Nebraska and Indiana.
Anna Hall kisses a gold medal after competing in the women’s heptathlon on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 24, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. Hall won her 800-meter race — the seventh and final event in the two-day heptathlon — to win the title at the U.S. track trials on Monday and qualify for the Summer Olympics.
“I’m almost in shock,” Hall said. “This year has been so hard. And falling in 2021. The journey to get here has been so much harder than I imagined.” Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat came crashing down on the backstretch of the first lap of the 800-meter final. The 22-year-old from New Jersey choked back tears as she headed quickly off the track and through the tunnel after the race. She did not immediately come through the media area for interviews.
After winning NCAA, national, world and Olympic championships all before turning 21, Mu won a bronze medal at worlds last year and, afterward, conceded she needed a break from all the pressure, social media and demands that came along with stardom.
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