Heptathlete Sofie Dokter from Groningen has won bronze at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Groningen.
The athlete from Groningen Athletics concluded her pentathlon in Glasgow, Scotland with a total of 4571 points. The 21-year-old athlete won the final 800 meters in a personal record of 2.11.89. That was four seconds faster than she had previously stated.
The gold went to the Belgian Norwegian Vidts with 4773 points, while the youth world champion Saga Vanninen from Finland won the silver with 4677 points.
Doctor takes the lead at 800 meters
The 21-year-old Doctor, who trains at Papendal under coach Ronald Vetter, entered the 800 meters in third place. She secured this by once again rising above herself. The Groningen rider pushed further and further forward from fifth place to take the lead on the final straight. She couldn’t give it up while sprinting, after which she collapsed to the ground. Doctor had given everything.
With her bronze she collected some points for her position in the international rankings. For the time being, she is high enough to participate in the Olympic Games in Paris. That’s Doctor’s biggest goal this year.
Femke Bol apparently reached the final effortlessly
For the time being, Femke Bol is living up to her favorite role with verve. She qualified with great ease on Friday for the final of the 400 meters on Saturday. The world record holder raced to victory in her heat of the semi-finals in a time of 50.66 seconds.
Bol will meet her friend and training partner Lieke Klaver in the final on Saturday, who won the first semi-final. Bol and Klaver had already successfully completed the series on Friday morning. Bol is considered the towering favorite for the world title. The 24-year-old athlete from Amersfoort was the only woman to run under fifty seconds this year, even three times. At the National Championships in Apeldoorn she improved her world record by two hundredths to 49.24 seconds.
‘It sure looked easy’
“Fine, through to the final. It probably looked easy and that’s how I want it to look,” Bol said. “It’s always difficult, a semi-final like that. You want to save, but you also have to keep going. That worked. Tomorrow I just want to run a good race, hopefully together with Lieke. We’ll see what that brings.”