“I was feeling pretty great,” Bol said after falling and face-planting onto the track on a humid Saturday night in Hungary. Only a few minutes earlier, Hassan was trying to pick up the first leg on her quest for three medals. That's how two women who have accounted for 10 medals for the Netherlands at worlds and Olympics over the past eight years ended up with zero on opening night in Budapest. “The last meters I started to go and, of course, you get lactic” acid buildup, Bol said. Bol, who anchored the Netherlands to a silver medal in this race at last year's worlds, is also one of the world's best 400-meter hurdlers.

Source: Ethiopian News August 19, 2023 20:10 UTC