Bol strikes hurdles gold amid shock Jamaican title double

24.08.2023 - 23:57 arabnews.com

BUDAPEST: Femke Bol struck gold in the 400m hurdles amid an unexpected Jamaican double gold rush at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday.

Bol made up for the disappointment of falling with the line at her mercy in the mixed 4x400m relay by producing a totally dominant victory in the hurdles in 51.70 seconds. “It wasn’t easy to forget what happened in the final meters of the mixed relay but my team was around me and they put me at my ease,” said the 23-year-old Dutch runner. “I knew that 400m hurdles would be a chance to show up and I was confident.

I have just had the best first 200 meters ever.” In the absence of defending world and Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American Shamier Little claimed silver, more than one second behind Bol, while Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton rounded out the podium.

Clayton’s bronze was one of five medals Jamaica won out of a potential 15 on offer in the evening session of day six of action at the National Athletics Center.

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