Tag: hurdles
Dutchwoman Femke Bol becomes second athlete in history to run under 51s in 400m hurdles
Dutch 400m hurdles world champion Femke Bol ran under 51 seconds at the La Chaux-de-Fonds meeting in Switzerland on Sunday 14 July, becoming the second athlete in history to achieve…
Femke Bol improves her European record in 400m hurdles
Amersfoort – Femke Bol improved her European record on the 400 meter hurdles to 50.95 at an athletics competition in La-Chaud-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The 24-year-old reigning world champion in this event…
A new world record for McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400 meter hurdles | Sports in a nutshell
McLaughlin-Levrone claimed a place at the Paris Olympics with a new world record time in the women’s 400m hurdles American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has set a new world record in the…
Athletics: Swedish record when Carl Bengtström took bronze in the 400 meter hurdles during the European Athletics Championships
At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, Sven Nylander ran the 400 meter hurdles in a time of 47.98. It has been a Swedish record ever since. Until tonight.…
Defending defender Bol to European Championship final 400 meters hurdles: ‘Consciously withheld’
“It’s a good track with wide bends and I’ve seen a lot of personal bests being run, so the conditions are right,” Bol said after her race in the semi-finals,…
Defending defender Bol to European Championship final 400 meters hurdles
Amersfoort – Femke Bol has easily qualified for the final of the 400 meters hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. The reigning world and European champion from Amersfoort…
Frenchwoman Cyréna Samba-Mayela crowned European champion in the 100m hurdles
Frenchwoman Cyréna Samba-Mayela was crowned European champion in the 100m hurdles this Saturday June 8 in Rome by signing the best world performance of the year and smashing her own…
Bol wins the first 400 meter hurdles of the season in Stockholm
“I was able to perform my number of steps between the hurdles exactly as planned,” said Bol. “There are certainly areas for improvement, but that is always the case in…
Athletics: New world record in 60 meter hurdles by Devynne Charlton
– I had one focus and that was to win. I’m so glad I made it. The team and the people around me have been important to my success, says…
Biathlon: Nightmare for Stina Nilsson in the comeback – shot nine hurdles
Stina Nilsson competed in the World Cup in Östersund in December, but since then she has stayed in the IBU Cup. When she got the chance again this weekend in…