Femke Bol's story was the absolute highlight of Budapest 2023. Her "redemption" at the very close of the championship was so much more meaningful because it was a team win. During an interview right after her 400 hurdles win several days earlier, she was asked about the first night loss. She said her teammates were of course disappointed but were mainly concerned about HER mental state. They wanted to make sure she could focus on her upcoming 400 hurdles. She said she could not have won her individual gold without their support. So on that final night, she overtook Jamaica in the last meters through sheer willpower because she was fighting for her teammates, as demonstrated by the fact that she collapsed to the ground several times to catch her breath, barely able to share in her teammates' celebration. I've never, ever seen her so exhausted. It was a fantastic sports moment because you could see true camaraderie. This was a genuine team, not merely a collection of individual athletes. Edit: Here's the interview I mentioned: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJZ6taOnn8LHqdY.html

@szymon6207

5 ай бұрын

Do indoor 2024 season ?

@ericwong3868

5 ай бұрын

It really is a testament to her mental fortitude after dropping the baton meters from the finish to pick herself up, own the hurdles and come back to walk down the field in the final 4x4. I didn’t know her teammates were there comforting her but that is such a touching moment.

@scottellis5324

3 ай бұрын

Sorry she is amazing but I never saw true remorse for her teammates. It was all about her and how they supported her. Even in the interview. I was rooting for her to say that and show that.

I'm not even that big a t&f fan, but I could watch Bol run all day. It's just beautiful.

@usmh

5 ай бұрын

Alyson Felix has the all-time most beautiful stride tho.

@Thereallevan

5 ай бұрын

​@@usmh but Allyson ain't running anymore. And beauty is subjective.

@ronny-lb1cr

4 ай бұрын

​@@Thereallevan beauty is subjective and it counts for all not just Alison Felix

@beinpeace111

2 ай бұрын

Same here

Femke is a joy to behold, she has such an easy, controlled, long & balanced stride, paired with unbelievable power in her kick. And, she just seems to be the nicest, kindest person, and so supportive of her competitors. I tune into ANY race she runs. Hope she has the greatest life.

Bol’s comeback in the last 50mtrs of the 4 x 400 will stand as one of the greatest achievements on track for a long time to come!

Her 4×400 finish is the greatest l've ever see! It's saved on my phone to rewatch.

@MrBenHaynes

5 ай бұрын

It is riveting to watch. Her closing 50m was ASTONISHING. The announcer near popped a hernia calling it!

@keithbate9405

4 ай бұрын

Great finish I agree . But the greatest finish I have seen was the comeback by the late great Lillian Board at the 1969 Euro Champs in the women's 4 x 400 relay. Lillian had to beat the Olympic champion and world record holder at 400metres = Carlotte Besson. It looked as if she had not got up . The commentary by David Coleman was equally epic. But it is poignant that Lillian was already sufferings the effects of what at the time was undiagnosed Bowel Cancer. Lillian died from that condition just over one year after this race. She had just celebrated her 22nd Birthday.

@eliedelorme9945

4 ай бұрын

It was like she switched on one turbo on each of her legs

@dijkb

3 ай бұрын

That was Colette Besson@@keithbate9405

@marktheelf53

2 ай бұрын

I saved it in the computer and i watch it everytime i wanna see something of beautyful!

This young woman is incredible. She came out of nowhere and since tokyo she is crashing it! She has the brightest future!

@sitarnut

5 ай бұрын

We love her here in Texas- I've been watching the Olympics heavily since Tokyo 1964 when incredible Billy Mills won the 10,000 meter (still the only American to do so) and then there was the tingling excitement of Jean-Claude Killy winning all three Alpine races in 1968 at Grenoble. Those events still swim happily in our memories 59 years on now. It will be the same with Femke. She da Bomb.

@Skatez93

5 ай бұрын

@@sitarnut All hail the great white athlete!

As a very proud fellow-Dutchy I’ve never shouted so hard at my TV watching that WC-relay last year. It was the greatest come-back in a 4x400 ever! She is really something else…..

@roybean7166

Ай бұрын

Sy is definitief, " something else " , nog baie jare om te verbeter, ook. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦

One classy lassie with a super-fast chassis

It’s such a privilege to witness perfection. Saw that come back and couldn’t help be be excited for her. Like watching a “no-hitter “ in baseball…super rare! Its going to be fun to watcher her in the Paris games

She's so likeable and normal off-track but an absolute optimized machine when she's going fast.

She's great and so nice as well. I wish her all the best.

She is amazing. An inspiration to watch. She runs so effortlessly beautiful, I’m blown away.

What's amazing is that she changed up her stride pattern and looked awkward in the hurdles for the first half of the season while still dominating as she did.

What an incredibly amazing athlete. A privilege to watch her run. Thank you for highlighting and sharing these performances with us all.

Hopefully we get to see her and Sydney go head to head in the 400mH in Paris next year. ❤

@davidzuk4894

5 ай бұрын

I hope so also with both women at their peak. As good as Bol is, she is still at least one second behind Sydney.

@mangojulie123

5 ай бұрын

Sydney is not going to run the 400mH at the Olympics. She said there is nothing more for her to accomplish there and she is solely focused on the 400m!

@Magnusfication

5 ай бұрын

@@mangojulie123 and thats both not true and a shame imo. But theres only opinion thst matters when it regards her career and thats hers

@ericwong3868

5 ай бұрын

@@Magnusficationher coaches opinion too*

@Spyk27632

5 ай бұрын

​@@MagnusficationSydney broke the world record 3 times in a year. What must she prove? If Femke can break the world record then maybe Sydney will have a go at hurdles again.

Incredible year for Bol!

this is the best coverage of Femke she is amazing and so fun to watch she is so graceful poweful yet feminine and sweet !

What fans want to see is a schedule that's kind enough to allow talented multi-event athletes like Femke, Syd, Britton & Shamier battle over both 400m/400mH @Global Champs! Should be noted that outside of this year's prelim round @JAM Champs where she deliberately jogged to an easy 2nd place before easily winning the Final, Shericka Jackson has been unbeaten in the 200m going back to the Rome DL of early June '22 - that's 19 wins from 20 races which includes 2 WC Golds & 5 of the Top 8 times in history!

@kofirossi2184

5 ай бұрын

to be honest it's not a competition in the 400m/400mh, syd will take it all if she feels like it.

@AllInTheGame01

5 ай бұрын

@@kofirossi2184It'd be interesting to see how running 6 races across those 2 events at the same Global Champs would affect all 4 of those athletes individually.

@pete5691

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@kofirossi2184Everyone also basically said it was a foregone conclusion she was going to break the 400m record this year too but where was she all season? She’s a generational talent GOAT, but something went wrong this season and it’s not right to say athlete A only won because athlete B wasn’t there.

@AllInTheGame01

5 ай бұрын

@@pete5691 Hope those ppl realise just how difficult the 400m is given that she came close (48.74) this season but didn't break Sanya's 48.70 US Record which is still a HUGE 1.11s away from breaking that fraudulent 47.60 'WR'.

@pete5691

5 ай бұрын

@@AllInTheGame01 Most people do not realize how much distance a second is in the 400. Even at 60 second pace you are covering about 6 meters per second, at 50 second pace you are right at 8 meters per second on average.

one of the greatest performances i have ever seen - unbelievable she could win after being that far back

great video of pure GREATNESS! what an athlete, mindset of a winner!

She is a great athlete and i am looking forward to see her at the Olympics.

Such a great talent!

The running form is crazy! She is so good

When you look at Femke’s 51.45 leaving her competition in the dust, you really come to appreciate how insane Mclaughlin’s 50.68s run truly was. Femke here looked flawless and so much better than others, that it makes it hard to imagine there’s a time out there that is still much faster.

@JanneBernards

5 ай бұрын

@@user-kt1oq9oq6b What are you even talking about lmao.

@uFFFO

5 ай бұрын

​@@user-kt1oq9oq6bI mean a race dog smoke all the boys and men, but we aren't comparing those, are we. You knob.

@JanneBernards

5 ай бұрын

@@user-kt1oq9oq6b And what has that to do with anything?

@scottellis5324

3 ай бұрын

Sydney is better is all they are saying. It’s just arithmetic. Not an insult.

@davidzuk4894

2 ай бұрын

Take a look at McLaughlin's world record of 50.68. Bol was 1.57 seconds behind her in that race.

She us simply the best forever plus she is charusmatic. I love her. We had Bolt and now Bol, I Hope she will win gold medals at Paris 2024

The moment when Femke Bol falls at 7 minutes and 10 seconds. Femke later explained this to the Dutch camera: 'It also shows that I am only a human being and not a robot' Greetings from the Netherlands

She s so so nice as a person too !!! Really young and soulfull

She is a beast on the track 💪💪💪💪

Reminds me of Ed Moses from the 80's, he was unbeaten for 9 years, 9 months and 9 days over 400m H.

I'm impressed. She is so fast, wish I could be even close to that.

This was really well made.

wow...she really got that "i´m not even trying" vibe,amazing!

So refreshing

Always a pleasure to watch peak performance

Just found out----Thanks-great Vid.. covered most everything---Beautiful Form

She has a competitors heart, champion spirit. All the best to Femke, just out there doing her thing, what she loves to do, and does extremely well.👏🏾😃♥️

A phenomenal athlete - generational talent.

@tompaulcampbell

5 ай бұрын

Except Sydney is better.

@_MicZ_

5 ай бұрын

@@tompaulcampbell Great, the universe makes sense again. I was wondering if a comment that compliments Femke could exist without a reply mentioning she's nothing compared to Sydney. In case anybody was wondering, yes, it's impossible for any athlete to do anything remotely impressive while Sydney is alive... 🙂

@hermanmertens8383

5 ай бұрын

@@tompaulcampbell She WAS better.

@stephenwilliams7200

5 ай бұрын

​@@hermanmertens8383IS about a sec better

@hermanmertens8383

5 ай бұрын

@@stephenwilliams7200 No.

Bol is going gold in Paris for sure. No doubt.

Femke Bol(t) is incredible un-stop-pa-BOL ; hopefully she wins World Athlete of 2023 ; she really deserves it i hope ; ,never ever a dutch atlete wins this special prize ; iam dutch 2

Amazing!

I can't believe you still can't believe this actually happened.

@sfprivateer

5 ай бұрын

I totally believe you can't believe he still can't believe this actually happened.

@MrBenHaynes

5 ай бұрын

What is happening?@@sfprivateer

This girl is insane

What an athlete !

Her margins of victory are freakish!

@michaelash2429

5 ай бұрын

Yeah we all know she is not competting without help?

@MrBenHaynes

5 ай бұрын

The thought did cross my mind with those margins.@@michaelash2429

@szymon6207

5 ай бұрын

Okay but apeldoorn was march 2025

@dco1019

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelash2429 "we" dont know that about anyone.

I ran the 400 in high school and college. At the time I thought I was good. What I saw here? I could never even be in the same stadium as this, this, this, MACHINE! I’m not saying she’s not human. I’m saying she’s a more evolved human than I will ever be.

She makes the other runners look like they’re jogging, not running😆

Her talent, but especially her will to achieve it in a healthy way in all facets, is the base

Watching her run i can learn a lot.

She looks like the real deal!

From Bolt to Bol.

in total she lost 1 race this year, a 200 meter, while the day before she did win a 200 meter in a time that would have been enough to win that lost race too. so she could have been totally undefeated this season, but hey, cant blame her on losing a 200 meter, which she doesnt train for and has no experience on.

@peterparker1724

5 ай бұрын

“has no experience on” is a very false statement 😅

@ncg4132

5 ай бұрын

@@peterparker1724 Are you saying she DOES have experience in the 200m? If so can you back that up with facts? I honestly don't know, but this should be pretty easy to see who is right: you or joowsty

@peterparker1724

5 ай бұрын

@@ncg4132 read the first part of their own comment? 🤨

@joowsty

5 ай бұрын

@@peterparker1724 on the 200 meter she doesnt have nearly as much experience as on 400 meter lol.

@ncg4132

5 ай бұрын

@@joowsty Data?

Indoor is my favorite no wind and weather to determine the winner.

She is very good.❤️.

As for the list of top 20 women's 400 m hurdles times, spare a thought for Yulia Pechonkina in spot 20. Shows how dominant the big three are in this event. I hope Sydney returns to full fitness. The showdown between bol and her would make for one hell of a race. Quite frankly, I think Bol has closed the gap and it could come down to the wire.

She runs like a gazelle. So elegant.

Proud to be Dutch... :)

Bol and McLaughlin carry their arms perfectly,

Bol did break the record on my birthday...! So I proudly say an old Dutch slogan... I want Bol(leke)! And okay...not for dating or something more... I'am much too old for that kind of stuff... but I like to see her winning; that is what makes me proud of her!

@gjBackBone

5 ай бұрын

It's 'Ik wil bolletje', but close enough to be recognised!

She is very beautiful.

She beat top class atlethes with seconds!

Beauty.

She runs like the terminator, like a machine

Paris 2024 is going to be a delight!

Low arms, not bent too extreme. She's got great form and I'm glad to see her progress. Massive respect for her efforts and accomplishments!

Goddess

And she did it all without taunting anyone, without airplane arms, wide open mouth, or fake telephone calls. Nice to watch a classy sprinter.

@shonda79able

5 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅

@triedproven9908

5 ай бұрын

Hey, a lil bit of show boating is good for the sport. And someone has to be the villan.

@telford32

5 ай бұрын

What a simp

@FreedomPrivilege

5 ай бұрын

Never liked showboating in sports. Irritating to watch.

@bruno_dias

5 ай бұрын

​@@triedproven9908not really.... maybe for immature sport fans or someone with a culture where sport merit and sportsmanship is not enough...

Curious if there are any other angles of her falling at 7:09

I'm not sure I get why the final 100 meters wasn't shown in its entirety.

1:07 her celebration clap is so cute, so unique

Let’s go

She should marry Bol Bol so that his name will be Bol Bol-Bol

@donshields2379

5 ай бұрын

What is her relationship to Manute Bol?

@AllInTheGame01

5 ай бұрын

@@donshields2379 And fellow athlete Peter Bol?

@donshields2379

5 ай бұрын

@@AllInTheGame01 yes

1:03 great camera angle

I’m a casual observer of track so how does Abby Steiner stack up against her? Or are they in two different worlds?

@konroh2

5 ай бұрын

Probably interesting. Abby's better at 100, Bol at 400. At 200 it'd be close but I'd give it to Abby.

@AllInTheGame01

5 ай бұрын

Wouldn't be close at all in the 200m given Abby's 21.77 PB to Femke's 22.88. While Abby has potential in the 400m having run a number of quick splits in 4x4 relays, she's strangely yet to run an official individual outdoor 400m race, whereas Femke has run 49.44 outdoors & could run sub 49s if she focused on the event. Femke's also the indoor 400m WR Holder with 49.26 (Abby has run 50.59 indoors).

@brianboyle5934

5 ай бұрын

@@AllInTheGame01 So my next question is will there come a situation where they will compete against each other?

@donshields2379

5 ай бұрын

​@@brianboyle5934they may compete in relays. But those results would also have to consider the teammates. Femke is primarily a hurdler and Abby is a flat track runner. There is a chance they could compete against each other.

@AllInTheGame01

5 ай бұрын

@@brianboyle5934 They could race each other in a one-off 400m race on the circuit as part of their early season prep but are unlikely to race each other in an individual event @WC/Olympics until they switch from their primary 200m/400mH events to the 400m full-time. They could potentially race each other in the 4x4 relay if they both run the same leg for their respective countries, but Femke typically runs the Anchor leg for NED while Syd (not Abby) runs the Anchor leg for USA.

7:09 you can see the runner next to her hit her baton.

She will make the internationals, in the presence of other world champions, more interesting. ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍🙏

Plz make a video on Neil laros related to their workout something like that

the similarity between Bol and Bolt cant be a coincedence

@sailorman8668

Ай бұрын

Sarcasm noted.

An oustanding athlete in any generation. You cannot underestimate the strength of a 400m hurdler when doing a relay leg. THis has happened many times before. Look at some of the USA 4x4 relay teams, you have have sprinters and 400 specialist, UK did it ith John Regis many years ago. BArring injury, Femke has amny years ahead of her - 400m hurdles world record (maybe) but not for at least a couple of years.

I waiting for her to drop a disstrack: 🎶What U-sayin? I'm like Bolt taking off his T (shirt) Let me spill the tea (sure) I'm the greatst runner yall have ever seen (yeah) You thought you heard all? That's happenin to hurdles? Break down my competition, ya know I hurt all Blast 'em away like squirtle Gold medals? I assured all! My dominance? I assert (oh) Who's leavin all other runners in the dirt? - Bol! 🔥

RIP KIPTUM, he was going to be the man to break the 2HR barrier

6:03 When you realize she is running against professional runners!

That's my Girl ❤❤

@gustavogo2915

5 ай бұрын

Creep

🎉🎉🎉

Hope she does the 400m & 400m hurdles double in Paris.

@hermanmertens8383

5 ай бұрын

Schedule doesn’t fit both disciplines including heats and including 4x400 relays, which she wants to race as well (she is a real team player). Her strong preference is 400 hurdles, so that for sure will be her choice and not 400 flat.

Those are not even her main events. She's a hurdles runner and fully dominates there lol

Sadly, marathoner Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed when Kiptum lost control of his car and crashed into a tree on 09/11/24.

Femke Bolt

The really crazy thing that nobody talks about is that Lieke Klaver ran the second leg at 48.74 while Bol's anchor leg was 48.80. Klaver's time was just a hair faster than Bol's. Without Klaver's amazing time the win would probably have been out of reach for Bol.

@francescostano4445

5 ай бұрын

Bol can run way faster than 48.80(and than Klaver) so the win would not have been out of reach

@stevenjeffrey4637

5 ай бұрын

@@francescostano4445 Klaver made up a lot of ground after the first leg. She closed up the gap that the Jamaicans had. Both her and Bol ran about 3 seconds faster than the ladies in the first and third leg. If Klaver hadn't closed that gap I am not sure Bol could have pulled it off. Ask yourself if Bol could have cut another 3 seconds off of her time,..I really doubt it.

@francescostano4445

5 ай бұрын

@@stevenjeffrey4637 obviously not 3 seconds, she could have cut 1 second

@_MicZ_

5 ай бұрын

Klaver ran a split of 48.78 and Bol ran 48.75, so they were really close this race. (split times are from the World Athletics website btw, so these are the official ones) Femke Bol has run a faster split before (48.52 in 2022) by the way. The 4x400m is however a team effort and it takes 4 good runners to win gold at Worlds...

@stevenjeffrey4637

5 ай бұрын

@@_MicZ_ Obviously we got different numbers from different sources. And you validate my point, nobody talks about the effort made by the other ladies,..just Bol because of her great anchor, especially when according to the numbers I have seen Klaver ran an equally fast leg (3 hundredths of a second whichever way you look at it). So my point isn't making it a competition about who ran the faster leg, it's the fact that Klaver should get every bit as much praise for running virtually the same time as Bol.

Man of culture, gather around

Ik wil Bolletje ! ❤

Is that a six pack beside her six pack?

She got beaten in the world relay two weeks ago.

like a gazelle ... her form is like watching a gazelle in its natural environment effortlessly prancing to safety while the hunters scratch their heads.

Is Femke going for the WR of Sydney??

@hermanmertens8383

5 ай бұрын

She certainly will try.

@QuamfyMarc

4 ай бұрын

No only 400mh Olympic Gold that matters. WR attempt on 400mh by Femke Bol in 2025

Plus she is Dutch and she is a babe 🤩

Dutch.. ie lots and lots of quality milk cheese and dairy.. that level of nutrition drives their genetics, its also why they are the tallest country in the world.

@_MicZ_

4 ай бұрын

The Netherlands is actually the lowest country on earth. Yes, the tallest people (on average) live there, but the country itself is the lowest.

“Bol” runs like the legendary Usain “Bolt,” without the “t” (testosterone)

The only competitor is Jarmila KRATOCHVILOVA 49,64. ❤️❤️❤️

Her cadence seems to be around 220? Crazy…

why doesn’t she run the open outdoor 400? If she can go 49.2 INDOORS, outdoors she could drop that time by quite a lot and could go maybe mid 48s ( if she specifically trained it ), she could be in for sure medal potential and depending on how she runs she could win gold based on her closing speeds. She already split 48.7 so if she trained this event I defiantly think she could try to go for the double in the 400m and 400mh ( if Sydney isn’t running the 400h)

@joelhoeve

5 ай бұрын

She does though. She is the current European Champion in the open 400m

@_MicZ_

5 ай бұрын

Like @joelhoeve mentions, she usually does a couple of open 400m outdoors each year. Her main event and the event she really really likes is just the 400mH and as a bonus she's pretty good at it too 🙂. Bol already did the double at Europeans 2022 (and also did the 4x400 relay to win triple gold) and she has stated she's not going to do that again any time soon. In Budapest she ran the 400m 7 times already, which is already very hard to do, so I don't think she'll want to add even more. (She's obviously an essential part of the relays for the Dutch team)