800 runners Athing Mu and Brandon Miller bring Couplegoals

800 runners Athing Mu and Brandon Miller bring couplegoals to world track championships

EUGENE, Oregon — If ever there were two people who epitomized the term couplegoals

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it would be 800 runners and track stars Athing Mu and Brandon Miller.

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At least that’s the way it’s seen by Mu, the Olympic gold medalist

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who on Thursday advanced to the 800 women’s semifinals of the world track

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“Oh my god guys, stop it,” she said, pretending to shy away when asked about her relationship with Miller

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an 800 runner she met when both were at Texas A&M

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Then she giggled before entertaining numerous questions about him.

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“That’s my short king,” said Mu proudly, who at 5-foot-10 towers over Miller, who checks in at 5-8

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