Femke Bol has run the fourth time ever in the 400 meters indoor in Metz. The 22-year-old from Amersfoort crossed the finish line in 49.96 seconds, an improvement on her Dutch record by more than three tenths of a second. The world record has been held since 1982 with 49.59 by Jarmila Kratochvílová from the Czech Republic.
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