Dutch runner Femke Bol breaks own 400m indoor world record
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Netherlands' Femke Bol (centre) celebrates with compatriots Lieke Klaver (left) and Cathelijn Peeters on the podium after her world record victory.
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PARIS - Femke Bol broke her own indoor 400m world record on Feb 18 as she recorded a time of 49.24sec in the Dutch championships in Apeldoorn.
Bol, the double world champion outdoors at 400m hurdles, improved her own record set at the same venue last year by two hundredths of a second.
The 23-year-old had demonstrated she was in the form for fast times by opening her season with 49.69sec in Metz before going even faster in Lievin last week with 49.63sec.
Bol also dipped under the 50-second barrier indoors for the sixth time in her career.
"I never get used to it, especially with all these people cheering on home soil," Bol told reporters. "It's a dream come true to run another world record and it's wonderful to have all these Dutch fans enjoying the most beautiful sport in the world."
She is the hot favourite to win the 400m at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow in two weeks’ time.
Lieke Klaver showed that the Netherlands are in contention for gold and silver in that event by smashing her personal best with a time of 50.10sec to become the second fastest indoor performer of the year. AFP
