“It’s incredible. She just made it,” says Andrea. “The hurdles, the precision. She performed her duties beautifully. We are very proud.” Andrea trained Bol at the training complex in Park Schothorst from the age of 13 to the age of 16. Not yet on the hurdles, but on the run. “Femke still had enough to work on in terms of technique and coordination. She was still a bit too young for hurdles.”