Femke Bol rushes to European Championship gold at 400 meters | Sport

The time of Bol is also the best European time of this year and globally the second time of 2022.

The gold in the 400 meters is part one of her mission in this European title fight. The 22-year-old Bol is also looking for gold in the 400 meters hurdles on Friday.

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Lieke Klaver, the other Dutch in the final, was out of the prizes. She opened very fast and took the lead halfway through the race, but Klaver lacked power on the last part and finished sixth in 50.56.

Bonevacia

Liemarvin Bonevacia failed to take a slice in the 400 meters. The 33-year-old athlete finished fourth in the final in 45.17 seconds. That time was also attributed to Alex Haydock-Wilson, but the Briton was 8 thousandths of a second faster. Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith extended his title with a time of 44.53. The Swiss Ricky Petrucciani took the silver in 45.03.

“It’s frustrating, but I did my best,” Bonevacia said, somewhat resigned to the NOS. “I tried to take third place, I was fighting really hard, but I just couldn’t. Still, I remain positive, because I did run my best season.”

Liemarvin Bonevacia.

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