BUDAPEST — It could have been the best night in Dutch history at the world track and field championships. Hassan and Femke Bol, the Netherlands’ two biggest track stars, fell to the track while leading the two finals on the first night of worlds. Hassan said the fall was not the result of any tiredness from running a 1500m first-round heat about six and a half hours earlier. Bol got up to cross in third place, but without the baton, so the Dutch were given a DNF. On July 23, Bol ran the third-fastest 400m hurdles in history to enter worlds as a prohibitive favorite in that event.

Source: Ethiopian News August 20, 2023 14:41 UTC