Athing Mu: Former Olympics champion secretly weds retired Russian athlete [VIDEO]

Former Olympics 800m championhas reportedly tied the knot with her lover.

Muover the details and identity of her lover but according to Track and Field Gazette, the American secretly got married to Russian athlete Yegor Nikolayev.

The date and location of the wedding are still yet to be known but it is believed to have been in the past week, one month since she gave fans a glimpse of her bridal shower ceremony.

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Mu but did not reveal details of her soon-to-be husband, taking photos of him showing his back, but it is now being reported that it is Nikolayev who won her heart.

In February, Mu was seen dressed in an all-white outfit during the day and all-black at night during her bridal shower ceremony but she is yet to post anything regarding her rumoured secret wedding.

Nikolayev is a 36-year-old former Russian middle-distance runner, who has featured in 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m, and represented his country in 1,500m at the 2012 London Olympics.

His biggest achievement on track is second place at the 2011 European Team Championships in 3,000m.

Mu has credited her lover for helping her overcome the disappointment of missing out on the Paris 2024 Olympics, when she was locked out after falling on her way to victory at the US trials last June.

Mu failed in her attempts to appeal, missing the chance to defend her Olympics crown, with Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson winning the 800m gold in Paris.

«My fiancée was there with me and we were just hanging out and one of the days, he’s like ‘there is a really cool spot that we have, that I saw and it’d be really nice to have like a front yard like this because we are always talking about homes,’” Mu said during a podcast with Jeremy and Jinger Vuolo.

“He took me over to that area and he’s like check it out and just hang out… he’s like ‘alright, I just have one more thing to ask you’… I knew that that was going to be the case because when he had first asked me to be his girlfriend, that’s exactly what he asked… I didn’t suspect absolutely anything… because it was a super chilled weekend.”

The 22-year-old will be looking for a strong 2025 campaign to compensate for the pain of 2024 when she also started her season late due to an injury.

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