Femka Bol is a gift to us all. I love her probably more than anybody who runs the 400 plain and hurdles because she doesn't cheat the fans. She shows up to almost EVERYTHING that is on the calendar and just puts on a show. She's the greatest.
Your reasoning is mediocre. People pick competitions based on very many things. Such as travel logistics, rest and recovery, training calendar, goals, prize money etc. what do you mean “cheat the fans” . You are being selfish by thinking like that. Also obviously you’re not an athlete because you’d know that it doesn’t work like that and that athletes actually do it for themselves. Not for country or fans lol. TF
@@ianmasinde7781 The other side of the spectrum is, that Syd is hiding almost the whole season and Bol os performing on a high level consistently. I don’t very much care about the reasons she is hiding, it’s just less adorable.
You are just another insecure jealous racist white person. Only a racist would say that Bol is the greatest. Calling Bol the greatest is the dumbest comment in the world given Syd's legendary accomplishments. Bol is not fit to clean Syd's running shoes. Syd is the black queen of track and Bol is just another overrated ugly white chick.
But I do think they shouldn't have started with Klaver in the first leg. I think she should be in the 2nd leg as often where she can get some advantage before the 3rd leg where they got weaker runner before passing it to Bol. Anyway, the giants of Netherlands still dominated the relay.
@@dayleashleynolasco5765 I think they run Klaver on leg 1 in the indoor relay so that, with the tight turns and shorter straights, they can get to the lane break in front, since Klaver always goes out like a train from the start. Outdoors it doesn't matter so much because the lane break isn't until the second leg and there's more established space between the athletes by then.
Polinari's leg was good, but not great. It looked that way because Peeters (the Dutch runner) and (particularly) Wrona (the Polish runner) didn't run well.
@@64fairlane305 The girls behind her also didn't perform well. Look at the 2nd leg - Ayomide Folorunso ran faster than Anna Polinari on the 3rd leg, but Marika Popowicz of Poland also ran well. That's why Folorunso didn't reduce the gap significantly.
@@annoyingbstard9407 What's your problem? Anna Polinari had a split time of 52.07. If you think that it is a phenomenal time your knowledge of athletics is seriously lacking. 😄
Yah, that 3rd runner in Italy made it possible for them to get the podium pos. For Femke, she really knows how to use her advantage. Really superb in using her power to accelerate when it's necessary.
Agree, only Poland can able beat those quick giants of Netherlands. However, they must work double time to achieve it as they are a bit lacking length. It's obvious their runners are so little eventhough they are fast. Good thing their ace Natalia Kaczmarek didn't join the relay because the result would have been the same. What a waste if effort. Polish have the quality to develop pretty good runners. Although the women in there team are so small. They couldn't beat Netherlands or the others like Jamaica, Dom Rep or US if they are lacking in length. Kaczmarek is only over 5'7. She can run the same pace of Bol, mid high on Femke's same time in 400m. But she can't carry the squad single handedly.
ES INCREIBLE ESTA CHICA, ACABO DE VERLA GANAR LOS 110 METROS CON VALLAS Y LOS RELEVOS DE 4×400M EN BUDAPEST 2023 Y REALMENTE ES EXTRAORDINARIA. SIN NINGUNA DUDA, FEMKE BOL, ES EL TREN BALA DE NEDERLAND Y DE HECHO, SERA UNA DE LAS GRANDES ESTRELLAS DE LAS PROXIMAS OLIMPIADAS EN PARIS 2024!!!!
Wow, who was the Italian on the 3rd leg? That was unbelievable!!! This is why I love track & field - ALL of the runners on the second and third place teams are smiling and cheering as though they won the race, I love the energy.
We haven't seen Sydney run a 400 yet, but I'm not sure anybody is faster the Femke right now. She seems to have unlimited afterburner. I'm really excited to see her run at worlds this summer.
She ran the 4th fastest 400 time ever at the world championship 4x400 last year and that was without anyone running near her. Would love to see her and Femke run it this year
A rather hateful remark that Femke Bol only needs three average women to win anyway. All those ‘average women’ maintained the lead and gave Femke a walk in the park. So excellent FOUR athletes.
@@timvermeulen4024 I think you misjudge that comment. With three average athletes Bol would have had no chance. It is teamwork and the remark of the commentator is clearly an indirect denial of the hard work by Peeters, Saalberg and De Witte. Not to say a rude insult to them: in fact you are not necessary and you can be replaced by three average women.
Yes, a fantastic team performance. Klaver took the lead; Peeters and De Witte kept the lead. Probably the commentator should have said “with only a reasonably good anchor runner the Dutch would still have won”.
Fantastic race. The anchor leg for Netherlands really turned on the afterburners. Just a note, this winning run would have lost to the mens 6th place team by almost a lap. If we want to preserve women's sports, that's needs to be known and comprehended.
Well Natalia kaczmarek said she doesn’t want to get injured before olympics so she dropped out. Justyna Swiety ersetic said that her body is injury prone and she needs to take it slow and I don’t know about baumgart witan she wasn’t in the indoor season at all and there was another polish 400m runner who also commentated the championships (assuming she’s injured) so yeah we had Ania and the third squad of girls. I’m hoping for kornelia lesziewicz to come back fully after her injury and for kinga gacka to be more present in the relays as she’s closing in on her PBs every season.
I don't think that they were afraid of Bol. Even at the end of the 2022 it was clear that a much weaker team would be sent to Istambul. That's why only one girl from the Polish TOP 5 ran in this relay (Anna Kiełbasińska, the first leg runner). What about the rest? Both Małgorzata Hołub and Iga Baumgart skipped the indoor season. Natalia Kaczmarek was in very good form, but she ran only 3 times (including 2 runs at the Polish Championships) and decided not to start in Istambul. Almost the same can be said about Justyna Święty (only 3 starts) - she didn't want to take a chance because her last two seasons were hampered by a string of injuries. The Budapest Championships will be much more important.
Pathetic British quartet, Feeling sad for Belgium runners as they were not allowed to run. This tournament needs to have a qualifying round for 4*400 relays so that the competitiveness remains in the final round
Like I said in another comment, the USA with 331.9 million people will always have more talent than a country like the Netherlands with 17.53 million inhabitants. Also worthy of note is that all the NCAA indoor times ran in Albuquerque where at an altitude of ~5000 feet (~1500m), which is an advantage when running short(er) distances.
High altitude, that's the reason so many amazing times were made. Good for sprinters because the air is thin, bad for long distance runners because the air is thin.
@@hairtoss7975 not entirely true. High altitude (thinner air, less resistance) is an advantage till at least 800 meters. World record in speed skating are always set on ice stadiums on high altitude, even 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 meters. BTW, Femke’s WR on 400 indoor (49,26!) was established on a low land track.
@@hairtoss7975 Perhaps my reaction was a little to firm, but I think high altitude isn’t just a profit on the short distances. I am Dutch and very familiar with speed skating and the best times even in the long distances are accomplished on high altitude tracks. Now I am not sure how that can transferred to Athletics, but I think the benefit is at stake at least till 800 and may be even 1,500m Do you know if there is any scientific information about air resistance and track runners?
Watching this race over, I'm surprised Ireland didn't get DQ'd. It looked like Ireland's first leg runner clipped Kielbasinka of Poland, and almost stopped mid-race causing the others behind her to crash into her. SHe eventually moved into lane 2 to make room but still reckless imo. That kinda created an unfair gap for Netherlands and Poland for the second leg runners
I've been commenting about that for the past couple of weeks. How difficult is it to have a title for the video something like, "Netherlands Goes for the Repeat", or "Watch the Netherlands Battle Poland and Italy". Unfortunately, most of the time the thumbnail gives away the results as well.
everyone loves a damn good peanut butter & jelly sandwich over here in America.... but? what if i told you i would rather have a Anna Kiełbasińska & Femka Bol sandwich....ha ha... god bless these sexy running angels i meant to say... i would be more happier than a kitty cat on a dairy farm i mean... god-bless em
Dutch fielded the fastest 4 ladies and won, Team GB fielded a policitally correct diverse team and trailed home last ................... Perfect example of woke go broke
I love Uniqueness & wish to see it to be more common in the future but sadly, more & more non-European decent athletes are now the ones representing European countries which is not really the identity of that country they represent😒😟😢no more national pride.
Meanwhile the USA has 331.9 million inhabitants and the Netherlands have 17.53 million. With SO many more people it would be strange if the USA wouldn't have a lot more talent to fill 4x400m teams ... The Netherlands is also a small country compared to many other countries in Europe, so I'd say becoming European Champions 3 times in a row (2021 indoor, 2022 outdoor and now 2023 indoor) is quite remarkable. For the Netherlands to have 2 big talents like Femke Bol and Lieke Klaver at the same time is already like winning the lottery and with Lisanne de Witte (didn't run here) and Eveline Saalberg they have a good team for such a small country. (European Championships 2022 they ran 3.20,87, which is a very good time)
High altitude, that's the reason so many amazing times were made. Good for sprinters because the air is thin, bad for long distance runners because the air is thin.
Femke holds three WORLD records all that held nearly 10 to 40 years!!.do any of those arkansas runners hold a SINGLE world record? Or will they ever? HELLO~ lil bro
@@sacollectiblesii To be more precise Femke Bol has one World Record and two World Bests. Both the 500m and the 300m H are rarely run events. So according to the World Athletics the fastest times in the 500m and in the 300m H are called the World Best Performences.
There's too big a question mark over drugs in sport to take it seriously these days... there's so much money on the line the incentive to win "at all cost" is far too great!
@@TristanWeijermars ~ MORE ELABORATION!!! ... there's so much money on the line the incentive to win "at all cost" is far too great! ... HENCE DRUGS!!!
