The question has been asked a lot over the past year: what would the Olympic team have looked like in 2020? The games happen every four years and only war or global catastrophe has altered that. Every four years provides only a snapshot of the talent that flashes in and out of a sport where careers are more often marked by a single transcendent performance than by superb consistency. Athing Mu was already a phenom in 2020, having broken the US indoor 600m record at 17 in 2019, but the 800m rounds are notoriously grueling and unpredictable. A phenom, regardless of talent can get swallowed up redlining and spinning from the break-neck tactical maneuvering of seasoned vets who make their bones keeping a level head as chaos swirls around them inside 2 minutes. 8 women ran under 2 minutes in a field overly represented by experienced racers- those who know how to dodge and weave. When Chanelle Price went to the front and clocked a 57.7 first lap, you had to look at the clock to know it bec...