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Netherlands' Bol to Switch From 400m Hurdles to 800m
Bol, a double world 400m hurdles champion, will compete in the 800m next year after setting a 500m world best in 2023 and winning five straight Diamond League titles.
- On Friday, Dutch track star Femke Bol announced she is switching from the 400m hurdles to the 800m and will start competing in the 800m next year.
- At last year's Diamond League final in Brussels, Bol hinted at moving up and noted she has not raced the 800m since juniors, with a best of 2:19.51 at age 17.
- Bol enters the 800m as a decorated hurdler with five straight Diamond League titles, the 500m world best of 1:05.63 and rank as second-fastest ever in the 400m hurdles.
- Racing implications are immediate: Bol will face established 800m athletes including Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, who welcomed her on Instagram writing `Can't wait to share the start line`.
- Bol's switch follows a broader trend among top hurdlers in recent years, as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone moved to flat events, winning World Championship gold in the 400m; Bol's training and race strategy changes will be watched.
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Dutchwoman Femke Bol announced on Friday that she is switching from the 400 metres hurdles to the 800m and will start competing in her new event next year. While the 400m hurdles world champion has often played second fiddle to world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the US on the Olympic stage, Bol has collected five straight Diamond League titles in her signature event. Read: Warholm and Bol headline hurdling royalty on Day 7 of Tok…
Dutch star Femke Bol has announced that she will run the 800 meters next season. Anita Horvat will also compete, and Živa Remic is coming.
Two-time world 400-meter hurdles champion Femke Bol announced on Friday that she has decided to compete in the 800-meter race from next season.
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