Femke Bol expressed that she’s going to enter the 800m monitor as a newbie regardless of having achieved success as knowledgeable athlete on the highest stage within the 400m hurdles. Bol got here recent off defending her World title within the 400m hurdles occasion, setting a world-leading time of 51.54s.
Femke Bol has been the second-best after Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone within the hurdles occasion, having received two bronze medals previously two Olympic editions. Because the anchor leg runner of the 4x400m relay workforce, the Dutch helped her workforce to 2 Olympic and 5 World Championship podiums. She broke the 400m quick monitor world report in addition to the European report, changing into the second lady after McLaughlin-Levrone to interrupt the 51-second mark.
Regardless of her storied trajectory within the 400m hurdles and flat, the 25-year-old introduced that she would shift to the 800m from 2026. In a latest interview with European Athletics, Femke Bol shared that she would compete within the 800m as a newbie, however she wouldn’t lag when it comes to expertise as knowledgeable on the highest stage.
“I feel into the occasion I am going actually as a newbie, as a result of I’ve no, in fact, have a clue about 800m watching it, however I haven’t got a clue working it. So, in that half, I am a newbie, however I feel I am not a starting athlete anymore,” she stated. (2:26 onwards)
“With the 400m hurdles, I’ve discovered so much how one can be knowledgeable athlete on the best stage, and I feel all of these expertise I’ll convey with me in direction of the 800 however as an 800m runner, I will likely be a newbie,” the Olympian added.
Bol added two extra wins to her resume on the 2025 World Championships, successful silver within the 4x400m combined relay and ladies’s 4x400m relay.
Femke Bol obtained a particular honor after her 2025 World Championships heroics
Femke Bol’s success on the monitor earned her the European Athlete of the Yr award within the girls’s class, making her the first-ever lady to obtain the glory 3 times. She had beforehand received it within the 2022 and 2023 editions. The official Instagram web page of European Athletics shared a glimpse of the award ceremony and wrote:
“The first-ever lady to win European Athlete of the Yr 3 times!”
On the European Indoor Championships this yr, she and the 4x400m combined relay workforce turned the quickest nationwide workforce of all time on this quick monitor occasion after they clocked a Championship report time of three:15.63 min.
Edited by Agnijeeta Majumder
