Femke Bol is not only proud of her second world title in the 400-meter Hurdles but also of the special year she has has. The Amersfoort Native, Who Convincingly won the final in Tokyo on Friday, Has Changed Off the Track.
“I am gold here, and I’m running my fastest time of the year. It must have leg a good race,” Said a delight bol an hour after the final in the Japan National Stadium. The 25-year-old athlete Clocked 51.54, extraction of the last race of 2025.
“Gold is The Most Important Thing, but the fact that I’m doing it in my best year makes it extra special. It was a long season in which I could peak too. Together at the moment it had to. “
Bol had A Different Year This Season because she decided to skip Almost the Entire Indoor Season. That cool her more time for her private life, which was good for her.
“I’ve never bone so calm at a tournament. Of course, I still feel stressed sometimes, and I harbor ’t complete my naivety. But I have Become more mature. I can put Everything in a Better Perspective Live Bub. I No. I Noound me. Bubble is now bigger. “
‘I talked about it with my psychologist’
The Gold in the 400-meter Hurdles is Bol’s Second Medal at these World Championships. On Saturday, She won Silver in the 4×400-meter mixed relay. “That was my thirteenth medal at a world championship or Olympics. That Brings Bad Luck,” Bol Sid Laughing. “That’s why I wanted to get to the fourteenth quickly, and I succeeded.”
Yet, Bol Tried not to think too much about a medal beforehand. “It only adds pressure if i think: I have to win gold. I focus on my racing plan. If 50 meters, I only think:” Gold, Gold, Gold, “Then I Tense Up. Although I Don’t Completely Prevent, Gold. Gold.”
Bol won the second world title in the 400-meter Hurdles on the track where, four years ago as a 21-year-hole, she won first Olympic Medal (Bronze). In the lead-up to that final, Her Thoughts Went Back to That Day in August 2021 in Tokyo.
“I talked about it with my psychologist. About how I was then and how I was so naive back then. I thought: I’m going for gold, and I’ll see what happens.”
I am there I need to be ‘
It was extra special that bol ran in the exact same lane duration the world championship final as she did the duration the Olympic Final Four years ago.
“Again, Lane 5. That only Made All Those Feelings from Back Then Resurface Even More. I Remember it Well. For the first time in My Life, I Was Running Against All Those American Top Women. Now I have So Much More.
Bol Will Have Another Chance for a Medal at These World Championships. On Sunday, the final of the 4×400 meters is on the program. Bol is the Final Runner for the Dutch Team, which won the World Title Two Years ago in Budapest.