Nia Akins Reacts To Winning US Olympic Trials 800m

Nia Akins, competing for the Brooks Beasts, won the women's 800-meter title in a lifetime-best 1:57.36 at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field in Oregon. Akins rebounded from a fall and ninth-place finish in the 2021 Olympic Trials final to capture the championship.
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[@RedWhiteBlue_USA]

Her fastest time in the 800m trials, isn't enough to make a podium finish. If she competed in the last Tokyo Olympics, she would have placed 6th. Hoping these 3 women's 800m trial winners would train their hardest and defend USA's gold medal in that event.

[@jessicaT12345]

Akins will bring home the gold. She is US champion indoors and outdoors. She will do the work.

[@lesliemcdermott2440]

I disagree. Mu is out. Keely and Moora are formidable but a 1:57 low could most surely make the podium after 3 rounds in Paris.

[@archorg8]

@@lesliemcdermott2440 Agreed, Keely and Moraa will run under 1:57 but that might be good enough for the bronze.