Femke Bol stays undefeated at 400 hurdles in Diamond League: ‘Race met all my expectations’ | Different sports activities

In damp circumstances – it had rained within the Tuscan metropolis – Bol took off onerous and walked away from the competitors with lengthy strides. The American Shamier Little completed second at an acceptable distance in 53.38. Her compatriot Anna Corridor, who received the heptathlon in Götzis final weekend, completed third in 54.42.

Bol opened her season in Oordegem final Saturday with a time of 53.12. She is specializing in the World Championships in Budapest this summer season and primarily desires to excellent her races. The three-time European champion focuses on making longer strides between the fences within the 400 meter hurdles. The purpose is to complete the complete spherical with fourteen steps between the hurdles.

“An important consequence. The race met all my expectations”, stated the 23-year-old from Amersfoort shortly after the race. It was her fourteenth win in a row within the 400 hurdles within the Diamond League. ,,I modified my rhythm between the hurdles; I make fewer passes and I’m nonetheless very quick.”

Bol will probably be again in motion on Sunday, on the FBK Video games in Hengelo. There she runs the 400 meters flat, the half on which she broke the 41-year-old world indoor file in February with a time of 49.26 seconds. She repeated in Florence that her predominant purpose for this 12 months is the world title within the 400 hurdles. “I haven’t got a World Cup gold but and this 12 months I’ve the possibility,” stated Bol, who received bronze on the Tokyo Video games and silver eventually 12 months’s World Cup in Eugene.

Jorinde van Klinken completed sixth within the discus throw in Florence with a distance of 62.13. American Valarie Allman received with 65.96.