The Asser athlete Jorinde van Klinken has improved the Dutch indoor shot put record to 19.57 meters in the United States.
The 23-year-old Van Klinken, who is a member of Groningen Athletics, took bronze in the shot put at the European Championships in Munich last year. The Drenthe came to a distance of 19.57 meters in the American Albuquerque. That is 9 centimeters further than Jessica Schilder performed last year at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
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Schilder then took World Cup bronze with a distance of 19.48 meters. The Volendam woman also finished third in this section at the outdoor World Cup in Eugene in the summer. A few weeks later, she won the European title in Munich, by being the first Dutch woman to throw the shot over 20 meters outdoors (20.24). Van Klinken finished third there with 18.94.
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Earlier on Saturday, Femke Bol ran national records in the 200 and 400 meters at indoor competitions in Metz. Britt Weerman, who comes from Assen, equaled her own Dutch indoor record in the high jump in France. She had brought that to 1 meter 96 last week.