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Femke Bol (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə bɔl] ⓘ; born 23 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder.
Femke Bol got emotional as she spoke about her 400m hurdles race at the Paris Olympics. The Dutch athlete clocked 52.15s to win the bronze medal in the event. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the ...
The Dutchwoman has improved significantly since taking bronze in the 400m hurdles at Tokyo 2020, and is now a genuine challenger to reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at Paris 2024. Bol dominated age group 400m competitions from 2015-19.
Femke BOL, Netherlands - 400 Metres Hurdles, 100 Metres, 150 Metres, 400 Metres, 400 Metres Short Track, 200 Metres, 200 Metres Short Track, 500 Metres.
Sep 7, 2023 · After a costly trip in the World Athletics Championships 4x400m mixed relay final left her nation medal-less when victory was within their grasp, Bol’s spectacular return to win two golds has left the athletics world salivating about her chances at Paris 2024.
Aug 6, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. and Femke Bol of the Netherlands will go head-to-head at the 2024 Olympics in just the third matchup between this generation’s two top female hurdlers. Their showdown in the 400-meter hurdles final on Thursday night is a big one.
Aug 24, 2023 · Six days after her face-down fall five metres short of earning mixed 4x400m gold for the Netherlands, Femke Bol rose to the challenge in her signature event of the 400m hurdles, earning her first global gold in splendid isolation.
Mar 7, 2024 · Femke Bol: Twice world record breaker over 400m indoors. For the past two years running, Bol has lowered the women's 400m world indoor record at the Dutch national indoor championships. When she did so in 2023, she took more than three-tenths off what had been the longest-standing world indoor record, lowering it from 49.59 to 49.26 in Apeldoorn.
Aug 3, 2024 · Femke Bol of the Netherlands chased down American Kaylyn Brown in the final lap of the 4x400-meter mixed relay, finishing 0.31 of a second ahead to win gold. Bol pulled a similar surprise last ...
Feb 4, 2024 · World 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol got her 2024 campaign off to a stunning start at the Metz Moselle Athleor – a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting – on Saturday (3) by smashing through the 50-second barrier for 400m.
