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Femke Bol took off at the starting pistol at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, and completed a 400-meter sprint in 49.26 seconds
A 41-year-old world record in women's track and field stands no longer after a young Dutch speed demon smashed it in front of her home crowd.
Femke Bol took off at the starting pistol at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, and completed a 400-meter sprint in 49.26 seconds, beating Jarmila Kratochvílová's world record of 49.59 seconds set in 1982.
"It was because of all the fans here that I ran this record," said the 22-year-old Olympic bronze medalist.
"Never have I ever seen that many people here. When I crossed the line, I knew that the record was mine because of the noise that the crowd made."
WORLD RECORD!ð±ð
— Atletiekunie (@Atletiekunie) February 19, 2023
Femke Bol vliegt naar een nieuw wereldrecord op de 400 meter. 49.26 seconden. Buitenaards. ð#NKindoor pic.twitter.com/RfRZn0IrgD
WORLD RECORD!ð±ðFemke Bol vliegt naar een nieuw wereldrecord op de 400 meter. 49.26 seconden. Buitenaards. ð#NKindoor pic.twitter.com/RfRZn0IrgD
Kratochvílová's record was the longest-standing record in track and the second oldest in track and field.
Bol also set a world record for the best indoor 500-meter of 1:05.63 in Boston in her first race of this season. During the last Summer Olympics, she collected a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
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