Olympic star Femke Bol switches from 400m hurdles to the 800 ahead of LA Games
Dutch track star Femke Bol, the reigning two-time 400-meter hurdles world champion, has announced she will switch events to compete in the 800 meters. The 25-year-old Bol has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 400-meter hurdles, and she ran a memorable anchor leg of the 4x400-meter mixed relay to capture gold for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics. “I’m ready for the next challenge, a new stimulus, a completely different kind of race," Bol said in an Instagram post.
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 — Dutch track star Femke Bol, the reigning two-time 400-meter hurdles world champion, has announced she will switch events to compete in the 800 meters.</p><p>The 25-year-old Bol has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 400-meter hurdles, and she ran <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-femke-bol-4x400-relay-bd50b0de75c6533ad954b5dd3774ec90">a memorable anchor leg</a> of the 4x400-meter mixed relay to capture gold for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics.</p><p>“I’m ready for the next challenge, a new stimulus, a completely different kind of race," Bol said in an Instagram post. “It’s different from what I’m used to in the 400m hurdles, and I’m really excited to explore that.”</p><p>Bol also won a silver medal at the Paris Games in the women’s 4x400-meter relay.</p><p>Britain's <a href="https://apnews.com/article/keely-hodgkinson-bbc-award-littler-03a634c191b9f46597868bf95c9d2085">Keely Hodgkinson</a>, the Paris Olympics champion in the 800, responded on Bol's page: “Can't wait to share the start line.”</p><p>___</p><p>AP sports: <a href="https://apnews.com/sports">https://apnews.com/sports</a></p>)