Femke Bol drops 50″ in the 400, the fourth woman in history

the dutch Femke Bowl became the fourth woman in history to break the 50-second barrier in the 400-meter indoor track, after winning Saturday’s meet of Metz (France) with a time of 49.96 seconds.

Bol, who on Saturday set a new world record for the 500 meters in Boston with a time of 1:05.63 minutes, again showed the great form he has been in after dropping under 50 seconds with two laps to follow.

Something that so far only the Czech has achieved Jarmila Kratochvilovawho set the world record in 1982 with a time of 49.59 seconds, the Russian Natalia Nazarovawho set a record of 49.68 in 2004, and the Czech Tafana Kocembovawho completed the distance in 1984 in a time of 49.76 seconds.

A record that gained even more value, because Femke Bol ran almost alone throughout the race, confirmed by almost two seconds -1.95- in which the Dutchwoman surpassed her closest pursuer, the Irish Sharlene Mawdsley.

And Bol, current world runner-up and bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in the 400 hurdles, took part in the C final to rest a bit before jumping back on the track an hour later to compete in the final In the 200 metres.

Trial in which the Dutch, gold in the 400 hurdles, 400 smooth and 4×400 at the outdoor Europeans held last summer in Munich, also did not fail after winning the victory with a time of 22.87 seconds.

A record, the best personal mark of the Dutch, which put Femke Bol, who will be 23 years old on February 23, in the eighth position in the world ranking of the year, led by the Irish Rhasidat Adeleke with a mark of 22.52 seconds