OUR KIND OF GIRL Morgan Mitchell
May 04, 2020
3 minutes
BY HARRIET SIM
I’M CHATTING WITH Australian Olympic runner Morgan Mitchell when I find myself in the crossfire of a lively debate. “Did you eat all the Oreos?” the 25-year-old Victorian quizzes her boyfriend, US Olympian Devon Allen. Mitchell’s M.O. is to tell it like it is. Ask about her first memories of the track and she’s quick to admit her heart wasn’t always in it. “Truthfully, I was just going to training for the food and my friends,” says the two-time Australian 400m champion, who switched last year to the 800m. “Afterwards, I’d run to the canteen and grab all the or recounting the night she had YOLO (You Only Live Once) inked across her inner lip, Mitchell does everything with style.
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