Femke Bol Became World Champion Again in the 400 meters Hurdles on Friday. The Dutchwoman started as the Overhelming Favorite in the Final in Tokyo and Lived Up to Expectations.
Bol won in the Japan National Stadium with a Time of 51.54, More than half a second above her personal record (50.95). The American Jasmine Jones Tok Silver in 52.08, and the Bronze Went to Slovakian Emma Zapletalová (53.00).
The American Anna Cockkell, who won Olympic Silver A Year ago, had to Settle for Fourth Place.
Two years ago, Bol Already won World Championship Gold in Budapest. She is the Second Dutch Athlete to Prolong a World Title, After Dafne Schippers in the 200 meters (2015 and 2017). In Total, The 25-Year-old Bol Now has three world titles. In 2023, she also, World Championship Gold With The Relay Women won in the 4×400 meters.
In Between, Bol Did Not Succed in Becoming Olympic Champion. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Tok Gold at the Games in Paris Last Year. But at the world championships in Tokyo, She was not a competitor of Bol. The American preferred the 400 meters, the distance on which she won Gold on Thursday.
Third Dutch Medal in Tokyo
Bol’s Gold is the third medal for the Netherlands at these world athletics championships. On Saturday, Bol, As the Final Runner of the Mixed Relay Team, Silver won in the 4×400 meters, and a day later, there was Silver for Jorinde van Klinken in the Discus Throw.
The World Athletics Championships Will Last Until Sunday, and Bol Still Has A Chance for a Third Medal. On Sunday, the final of the 4×400 meters is on the program, the event in which the Dutch Women are the defending champions.
