Dutch famous person Femke Bol had followers on their ft on Sunday as she ran 1:59.07 for 800 metres indoors, smashing the Dutch report and dipping beneath two minutes within the occasion for the primary time by a Dutch lady. Competing within the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meet in Metz, France, this was Bol’s huge debut on the distance after years of proudly owning the one-lap world.
A easy and regular win
Bol regarded comfy early, tucking in behind the pacemaker by 400 metres in roughly 57 seconds and reaching 600m in 1:28.86. Over the ultimate lap, Switzerland’s Valentina Rosamilia and Lore Hoffmann began to shut, however Bol held them off to win, with Rosamilia second in 1:59.90 and Hoffmann third in 1:59.91.
Afterward, Bol summed it up fairly plainly when talking to media: “It was good. A bit lengthy, however I’ll get used to it.”
A background constructed on one-lap excellence
Bol has not raced the 800m since her junior monitor days. Her earlier greatest on the distance was 2:19.51 at age 17. As an expert, her longest race has been 500 metres, the place she holds the world greatest mark of 1:05.63, set on the New Steadiness Indoor Grand Prix in 2023. On the time, Bol advised Canadian Working‘s Marley Dickinson that she had no plans to maneuver as much as the longer distance: “No, I hope not. My coach [Laurent Meuwly] has some concepts, and I’m trusting him. We’re planning to stay with the hurdles.”
The 25-year-old’s record-breaking 800 comes with severe credentials behind it. Bol is a two-time world champion within the 400m hurdles (and the second quickest lady of all time, trailing solely U.S. star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone)and holds the world indoor report within the 400m with 49.17 seconds. With McLaughlin-Levrone specializing in the 400m and Bol having confirmed her prowess on the 800m, the 400m hurdles occasion might quickly see a brand new star emerge.
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