Femke Bol Shatters 400 meters World Indoor Record in Apeldoorn

Femke Bol broke a 40-year-old world indoor report in the ladies’s 400 meters on Sunday, masking the gap in 49.26 seconds.

Bol was working in entrance of a house crowd on the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

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“When I crossed the line I knew that the record was mine, because of the noise that the crowd made,” Bol stated.

The earlier report of 49.59 was set by Jarmila Kratochvilova on March 7, 1982.

The 22-year-old Bol gained bronze on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 400 hurdles. She additionally ran a world indoor 500-meter better of 1:05.63 in Boston in her first race of this season.

On Sunday, she received off to a robust begin on the Omnisport area and beat Lieke Klaver, who completed second in 50.34.

“It was because of all the fans here that I ran this record,” Bol stated. “Never have I ever seen that many individuals right here.”

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