Keely Hodgkinson shares her thoughts on Athing Mu not making the US Olympic 800m team

“I was really gutted to see her [Athing Mu] fall. I want to beat people fair and square.”
Keely Hodgkinson shares her thoughts on 800m Olympic champion Athing Mu not making the US Olympic team 💬
Hodgkinson clocked 52.06 in the 400m heats to make the final of the UK Championships 💥
🎙️ Rosie Tinbergen & Jasmine Collett

[@729888]

Keely is now the overwhelming favorite to win the gold medal. Good luck to her. She is very likable.

[@ItenFanatic]

If Moraa fixes her finishing I think she should could take that gold.

[@timbarklow5383]

You are sleeping on Mora that is a mistake

[@danscorner1443]

She may be the favorite, but I don't think is overwhelming, don't forget May Moraa. She can also win

[@JavierNYC423]

Zero chance of that happening OP

[@fatbelly27]

The South African athlete Sekgodisu will be in the mix

[@JohnHoulgate]

I'm heartbroken over Athing Mu's fall and failure to qualify. The US is still sending some very capable runners. Let's have a great Olympics.

[@user-it1ig8fn1r]

Best wishes for Keely. If she wins gold in the 800, all honor and glory to her! She is a contender for the best 800 women ever!

[@user-ks7bf2ih8w]

Keely rooting for you from the US . I can't wait to see you get gold medal 🏅 All the best

[@binkyxz3]

Texans Keely

[@JL-wg9ww]

From America, will be rooting for Keely

[@fatbelly27]

Keely and Mu really need to race each other to try to get rid of that world record. Still there are others running well: Moraa, Patience. I watched the 800 heats earlier and Phoebe Gill won hers effortlessly

[@fatbelly27]

Sorry I mean Prudence Sekgodisu, the South African runner

[@jamezkpal2361]

Neither one is breaking the world record unless they can figure out how to cut three whole seconds off their best, 😅.

[@ericforster2970]

@@jamezkpal2361 You're aware that they're both less than 2 seconds off the record, right? Pretty sure they don't need to run 1:51...

[@Mr-ye1vu]

Without steroids that record will stand for a long time.

[@AlexP-dz7ew]

@@Mr-ye1vu you think athletes today don’t juice?

[@thisopinionwillexpire]

Sad for both Keely and Mu. Keely felt like the genuine favorite this time around, and if she wins gold, there will be an asterisk on it for many fans. It’s better for everyone if the best beat the best.

[@igloozoo3771]

Really depends on her time. If she is able to run sub 1:55 and beat Athing's PR of 1:54.97 then there would be no asterisk.

[@thisopinionwillexpire]

@@igloozoo3771 yea that’s a good point. Best case scenario for Keely is Mu makes it, PRs in the final, and Keely still wins. But let me get your thoughts on this: What would be better in your eyes for Keely? Scenario #1: Keely and Mu both make the Olympic final, Keely wins gold without a PR (like 1:56), but Mu has a poor showing and fades to the back half of the pack (running something like 1:59). Scenario #2: Mu doesn’t make the final and Keely wins (with a 1:54 low breaking Mu’s PR).

[@chuckd5819]

Mu has been injured, for any fan to think there should be an asterik if someone else wins gold, well...they aren't racing fans, just Mu fans. The rest of us realise that she most likely wouldn't win gold anyway after the year she has had.

[@Chaitealatte11]

@@chuckd5819 im so glad to finally see this comment. So many stans completely ignoring the fact that she’s run one 800 in the last year and barely broke 1:59. She didn’t look near top form in trials prior to the finals. To think that she would be an obvious medal contender and should’ve gotten an automatic bid just because of her record and win three whole years ago is just nonsense. To be clear, I’m a fan but I’m also realistic and respect USTAF for having the system in place that we do.

[@osuk1]

​@@igloozoo3771nonsense!

[@fishieloosey]

Respect for what she said! ❤

[@ajollypanda4175]

She knows in her heart its her gold to lose…however that is a different kind of challenge, when the pressure is on you. Good luck to her, she would be very deserving

[@9Ballr]

This would have been one of the marquis match-ups of the Paris Olympics. We all lost when Athing Mu went down.

[@yjk5737]

I hope Athing shows up at London on July 20

[@zk4761]

Maybe not. Mu was not at her best and Keely is. Mu didn't dominate like she usually does, strong chance she wouldn't have won that race.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@zk4761 Agreed. It would have been overhyped. But people like storylines like USA versus Jamaica in sprinting or USA versus Australia in swimming.

[@DonShields-ud8cf]

​@@yjk5737she may show up as a spectator. She did not qualify.

[@yjk5737]

@@DonShields-ud8cf You talking about the Paris Olympics? I'm talking about London Athletics Meet (Diamond League). Keely will be there. Athing should run there too.

[@gringo19860]

Lovely person inside & out, with the most delicious running style... Best wishes Keely from NZ👍

[@peterseeley1815]

People should remember a race occurs with who runs in the race on that particular day. Whoever makes it through qualifying rounds and gets to compete in the final. That's who gets to race and win or place in that race,the hundred plus years of Olympic games this is how it turns out. Many situations have arisen in this one hundred plus years of competition. Remember in 1980,Don Page an American 800 meters runner was ranked number one in the world ,but did not get to compete due to politics!. Just things to remember

[@whahappened8398]

Are you writing speeches for Joe Biden ?

[@peterseeley1815]

That's funny but no. I'm an old cinder track middle distance runner from 1969-1976. Trust me alot of strange things happened in that era

[@worldclass777]

Rooting for Keely from America. She can run and is beautiful.

[@emenem6131]

Looking forward!!!! Love watching her race

[@twinsalience275]

Classy achiever at the top echelon. All the best going forward. The journey is the trip I say:) 🇬🇧🔥⭐️

[@dewayne7159]

Keely vs Mary in the Olympic final!

[@alhajialiyu5417]

Keely for Gold come Paris ❤

[@roustabout4fun]

Classy! Great stride~

[@user-dz3ie5me2t]

The video title is "Keely shares her thoughts on Athing Mu not making" and the thumbnail is Keely smiling broadly. That kind of gives a wrong impression.

[@bluenetmarketing]

It's a trick of the leftist media to set the races against one another.

[@jordanjordannis2258]

Looooooool

[@sirsquid577]

Welcome to youtube XD

[@crystalgreen9441]

It does

[@165sos242]

She’s a key athlete for track and field, regardless of country - and that’s in reference of Keeley

[@markuse3472]

LET'S ROCK AND ROLL, KEELY!!!

[@ubercopywriter]

Good to see Keely didn't take any joy from Athing Mu's mishap.

[@leoyip2633]

SO SO SAD THAT ATHING MU IS OUT!!!😊😅😮😢

[@norwolf4765]

I'd like to see her win gold, but the 800 is going to be a very competitive distance and I am very impressed with that 17 yr old Irish girl , who may be right in the mix.

[@markhopton1531]

Pheobe Gill is English

[@fatbelly27]

She has run her best time in Belfast, but she's English.

[@sojournern]

I was so sad to see Athing fall. I wish there was a way for her to qualify somehow. Keely is amazing but this taints the event. Best of luck to her!

[@binkyxz3]

It taints nothing. Rumor was Mu had been injured anyway.

[@anodyne57]

She'd have to push someone off the team who finished faster than her. Are you okay with that?

[@ecoman51]

She's quite similar in looks/build and personality to Parker Valby.

[@Lighttningbolt]

Parker is alot shorter and they look nothing at all alike what have you been mixing in with your meth?

[@ecoman51]

@@Lighttningbolt To each their own. No need to be a jerk.

[@electratrinidad810]

❤

[@luckysembry5508]

Keeley cannot take dor granted that sge will get gold.

[@Lighttningbolt]

lay off the whiskey bub

[@jackiego1]

Parker Valby’s long lost twin

[@EASYTIGER10]

Who would win a 600m race between Keely and Femke Bol?

[@binkyxz3]

Nice idea. I wanted to see Bolt race Rudisha at 400m.

[@vm6962]

Femke!

[@Lighttningbolt]

Femke would win that she runs 1000 meters training

[@igloozoo3771]

2:20

[@alanle1471]

They need to change the American selection process.

[@SanskarTOP_G]

one of my crush

[@tom11zz884]

Keely is happy. Her main competition is out now.

[@binkyxz3]

forgot Moraa ? She will keep pushing

[@tom11zz884]

@@binkyxz3 Keely beats Moraa consistently. Athing was her only competition who beats her.

[@imreallyagoat]

@@tom11zz884 That’s cap. Go watch the races Moraa has gotten the best of her many times stop it 😂

[@fatbelly27]

That's the opposite of what she said

[@user-cv4kr1zv3d]

@@tom11zz884 Mora won the World champs and the Commonwealth champs beating Keely. Keely and her team won't be ruling out anyone, especially Mary Mora who can deliver at the big champs.

[@Digital_Snowflake]

Her thoughts: I'm getting a gold medal baby!!!!! YESSSSS

[@Runningchanelfoodandfitnees]

lol bec Athing was really her only comp

[@victorhopper6774]

@@Runningchanelfoodandfitnees hardly, who won worlds last year

[@timbarklow5383]

Athing Mu has the most natural talent obviously and she has the potential to take over the female 800. But she has clearly lost interest and now cares more about fashion and modeling than she does about training. Mu could have been the female 800m goat but instead she is already washed at age 22 and about to retire.

[@vm6962]

I think she’s has tons of natural ability but doesn’t love the sport.

[@Lighttningbolt]

mu is a cheat who jams others into the rail for 100m, pass out baseball bats if your going to be that way mu is nothing but a bully screw mu and she smells horrible if you ever been around her at least this olymics is spared that this time thank goodness.

[@Chris-kf3xd]

The three women who were in the race with Athi g Mu have no chance at the Olympics to win. Probably will not even make the final.

[@user-cx4ll4rj1t]

she seemed so nervous - I wonder what up. As for Mu, she caused the trip, it was a dumb move she pulled, and I feel more for the 2 girls she stopped having a chance to qualify.

[@fatbelly27]

She had just finished a 400m. Not nervous. Maybe still a bit hyped after the race

[@Lighttningbolt]

mu tripped her own self trying again to bully others around, Everyone is glad that cheat is out plus she smells horrible if you ever been around her.

[@virgilius7036]

She has allready won the gold medal, Mu not qualified.

[@anodyne57]

You've never watched the Olympics then.

[@dieseldan5189]

Kersey’s program is to have his athletes compete as less as possible that is why you now rarely see Mu or Levrone attend competitions until they get close to qualifiers or world/olympic championships. Why? Controversial. Could be a couple reasons but I think it is to keep the doping protocols consistent. Mu is young and lacks experience RUNNING IN A PACK. She needs to compete more. She didn’t need Kersey’s doping regime to win. The year Kersey retires I will celebrate.

[@anodyne57]

She made a rookie mistake trying to move lanes suddenly in the middle of a tight pack. As if people should just move out of her way. Mental glitch.

[@frankcanzanella6753]

I see a little of Parker Valby in Keely. The eye of the tigress!

[@vm6962]

I think Keely is more genuine than Valby! But who knows- don’t know them personally!

[@Lighttningbolt]

@@vm6962 Parker is very young for all these idiotic questions they throw at them, Parker is very nice, Keely has had classes in public socialism

[@lloydgeorge8799]

I bet she’s laughing all the way to the bank 😅

[@cedarmcdaniels1538]

she has Frida Karol eyebrows like me

[@anodyne57]

Who's Frida "Karol"?

[@jambo8157]

Mu was practically in a wheelchair a few weeks ago and struggled to run 1.58 she wasnt winning no damm gold

[@genebaket]

Mu is a idiot along with her coach for not running her throughout the season. She’s a one trip pony you’ll never hear from her again.

[@jrnumex9286]

"ah yes a bloody shame, but sukz to be her actually"

[@sean6977]

Keely will be lucky to win A medal in Paris. GB dont have their doped up athletes like they had in 2012 with mo farah and co. The kenyans and jamacians need to be tested.

[@rockinggator969]

In this case, the US system is really bad. One fall and the best runner won't be competing at the olympics...

[@dgarr2224]

True, but it’s straightforward and fair

[@raymondmeyers8983]

It is what it is. It's a shame, but it's fair. The Olympic trials are exactly that...trials. They're not coronations.

[@igloozoo3771]

Athing also was running on injury and may not have even won that race. She chose to get boxed in. Really no one to blame but herself is this case.

[@RyanCanty1975]

@@igloozoo3771 Well, she came back from her hamstring injury. And, she didn't choose to get boxed in. I watched the race a few times and Athing basically tried to move into the inside but she got clipped by Raven Rodgers. It wasn't intentional. It just happened. There wasn't any room for anyone to move and no one was giving anyone else space to do so (when normally they do). So, she didn't chose to get boxed in. She tried to move to the inside, but she had no room to do so and fell. It happens. But, even if she hadn't fallen, she didn't seem like she was at 100%. And, I hope that we do see her at Diamond League events this summer. But, I also hope that she mentally regroups and is a better space to run. Athing (and many athletes) have been saying they aren't having fun, they aren't enjoying running, etc. I think that can be just as difficult to overcome as a physical injury. So, who knows? But, I am sure Athing will recover and be fine and be back stronger than ever in the future.

[@SeshatPG82]

I'd feel bad for any runner in this case but given that Mu would have been in the top 3 (in all likelihood) and is the defending Olympic champ, it's even more unfortunate we won't get to see her line up in Paris. Good luck to Nia Akins, Allie Wilson, and Juliette Whittaker.

[@mattsilva4377]

You don’t see that smile on her face!? She thinks the doors are wide open! But I think Nia Aikens will have something to say about that.

[@mcnat5804]

And Moora.

[@mattsilva4377]

@@mcnat5804 yesss let’s not forget get about Mary!

[@jordanjordannis2258]

Nia Aikens does not even exist to Keely. It's GB vs Kenya

[@mattsilva4377]

@@jordanjordannis2258 you’ll be shocked too! It will come down to Nia and Keely to the line. Mary will be running those rounds fast and will die in the last 80m.

[@Loveabounds.]

Of course she’s happy she can actually win now she’s always 2 place of athing races

[@stonekeeper86]

Hard to understand her accent....

[@fatbelly27]

Seems fine to me. Try subtitles?

[@WhyMe-pd4jq]

Part is spelled p-a-r-t now p-a-w-t

[@ard8785]

Athing Mu may be gone... but Keely is NOT yet sure of winning... For one, she still has to contend with the Kenyans and the Ethiopians.. And the USA contingent that replaced Mu is also young and strong... So, I am NOT betting on Hodgkinson yet.. Not now.. Not yet.. And may never will...

[@markhopton1531]

The usa contingent won't beat 17 year old pheobe Gill let alone keeley

[@ard8785]

@@markhopton1531 We'll see.. I'll be keeping tab of this and I'll get back to you whatever the result will be...

[@ard8785]

@@markhopton1531 We'll see... and the best place to know that is in the Paris Olympics... I'm going to keep tab of this message of yours... and I'll get back to you whatever will be the result - that is, if the USA contingent, or another one from the African contingent, will beat your Gill or your Keely.. But, for now I'll stick to my predictions...

[@markhopton1531]

@@ard8785 no problems look forward to hearing from you

[@bluenetmarketing]

Athing Mu was deliberately tripped in her race, in my opinion. If you look at the runner behind and to her left, you can see she unnaturally puts her right foot in front of Mu's left foot as Mu is bringing her left foot forward. In my opinion, it sure looks deliberate. It is certainly an unnatural right foot placement by the runner behind. I'm just giving my opinion on what I see in the video.

[@paulsmallriver6066]

Mu moved several inches to her left and that is why she tripped on the other runner

[@bluenetmarketing]

@@paulsmallriver6066 Not so. It's plain as day.

[@jvliakay]

😂😂😂 you’re delusional

[@bluenetmarketing]

@@jvliakay So.

[@anodyne57]

Baloney. Your imagination is running wild. In a pack like that there's no time for shenanigans. Mu thought she could claim space that wasn't there. You take that gamble and suffer the consequences.

[@electricalnerd9162]

bo'oh'o'wa'er

[@currymuncher4090]

Don't worry kelly silver hodges, you'll live up to your name and finish second behind Moraa.

[@jx-dama9611]

Keely silver will strike again, you watch........🤡

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

She fell on purpose...when have you ever seen Mu start at the back or middle of the Pack....and now she is the best ever and she somehow chooses to go into the Frey. Nope. Not buying it.

[@robertspies4695]

bs

[@aeromedical6776]

Yeah- she threw years of training her butt off and a solid chance at a gold medal out the window on purpose. Sounds legit to me.

[@rfair541]

​@@robertspies4695 obviously the comment was posted by an ignoramus 😂 what rock do these knuckleheads crawl out from?

[@paulsmallriver6066]

BS!

[@rockinggator969]

That's the most ridiculous theory. Laughable.

[@synchronium24]

First British accent I haven't liked.

[@genebaket]

Mu would have lost if she competed against Keely. Mu heart was not in it.

[@rickjamesbitch8414]

Keely horse-kinson