I Still Can't Believe This Actually Happened... || Femke Bol Sets Historic Record 

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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rbFSAno_ays.html

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

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

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.

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

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…..

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Incredible year for Bol!

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!

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

Such a great talent!

The running form is crazy! She is so good

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

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

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.

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

This was really well made.

So refreshing

She is a beast on the track 💪💪💪💪

Always a pleasure to watch peak performance

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

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

Amazing!

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

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

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

A phenomenal athlete - generational talent.

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

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.👏🏾😃♥️

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

What an athlete !

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

This girl is insane

From Bolt to Bol.

Her margins of victory are freakish!

Watching her run i can learn a lot.

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

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

She looks like the real deal!

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

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

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.

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

Beauty.

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.

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 is very good.❤️.

She runs like a gazelle. So elegant.

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!

She runs like the terminator, like a machine

She beat top class atlethes with seconds!

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

Proud to be Dutch... :)

She is very beautiful.

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

Bol and McLaughlin carry their arms perfectly,

Let’s go

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

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

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

1:03 great camera angle

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

Paris 2024 is going to be a delight!

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

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

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

That's my Girl ❤❤

Femke Bolt

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.

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

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! 🔥

Ik wil Bolletje ! ❤

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

Is that a six pack beside her six pack?

🎉🎉🎉

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)

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

Is Femke going for the WR of Sydney??

the similarity between Bol and Bolt cant be a coincedence

Plus she is Dutch and she is a babe 🤩

Man of culture, gather around

do we know her VO2 max? is her heart extra big? first time seeing her

Revenge of the fallen

Miss Daphne Schiphol! I'm convinced she is not done with Athletics!

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.

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

620K subscribers to a channel about running!

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.

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

Her cadence seems to be around 220? Crazy…