Femke Bol’s Rivals in the 400m Hurdles World Championship Final
In The Absence of World Record Holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levone, Femke Bol is the Overhelming Favorite in the 400-meter Hurdles Final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo This Afternoon. Can anyone keep her from the world title? Nu.nl Lists Bol’s Biggest competitors.
Dalilah Muhammad: Beat Bol Four Years ago in Tokyo
Bol has admired “Dalilah” for years. The American was the Star of the 400-meter Hurdles and Became Olympic (2016) and World Champion (2019), but that was all before the rise of mclaughlin and bol.
Four years ago, Muhammad was Faster Than Bol for the last time in the Olympic Final in Tokyo. Since then, Bol Has Only Goths Faster, While Muhammad Entered the Autumn of Her Career.
After the World Championships in Tokyo, The Now 35-Year-Old Muhammad Will End Her Career. Bol Still Sees The Veteran As Her Biggest Competitor, Although the Relationship Became Clear Once Again in the Semi-Finals on Wednesday. Bol Did Not Go All Out, Clocked 52.32 and Kept Muhammad Far Behind Her (53.14). In The Final, Muhammad Will Therefore Have To Rise Above herself to stand a Chance Against Bol.
Anna Cockkell: Was faster than bol at the 2024 games
In Terms of Times, Cockkell is not close to Bol this year. But in the most Important Race of Last Year, The Olympic Final in Paris, The 28-Year-old American was faster than the Amersfoort native and Tok Silver.
How could that happen? Bol used all out for gold. She wanted to Surprise World Record Holder McLaughlin with a fast start, but that backfired. Bol was Empty on the Last Stretch, Allowing Cockkell to Pass Her. So It was ‘only’ Bronze for Bol.
The Chann that Bol will break down again on the last stretch in Tokyo is Small. In The Absence of McLaughlin, Bol is the Overhelming Favorite and Can Run Her Own Race. And then the European Record Holder is Usually the Fastest of All on the Last Stretch.
Jasmine Jones: Peaked at the Right Time
Jones can peak at the right time, as she proved a year ago. In The Olympic Final in Paris, The American Ran Her Fastest Time Ever: 52.29. But even with that time, the 23-year-old Jones was no faster than the collapsed bol. She Came Fourth.
In The Semi-Finals in Tokyo on Wednesday, Jones Clocked 53.01. She was seven tenths slower than bol, who didnn’t go all out on the last stretch.
In The Final, Jones Will Have To Peak, Just Like in Paris. But Even then, it is Questionable Whether It is Enough to Get Close to the World Title.
Gianna Woodruff: Tok a huge bite out of personal record
It is Sensational What Gianna Woodruff Has Been Doing at this World Championship So far in the 400-meter Hurdles. The 31-year-old Panamanian Tok a Huge Bite Out of Her Personal Record in The Semi-Finals. That was 53.69 and is now 52.66.
Of all the semi-finalists, Woodruff Came Closest to Bol’s Time (52.31). In the final, she will probably have to run another personal record to pose a threat to bol.