Femke Bol’s first outdoor 800m race confirmed
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The 26-year-old broke the distance national indoor record in February
Triple Olympic medalist Femke Broeders-Bol will line up for her first outdoor 800m race of her career at the Golden Spike Ostrava on Tuesday, 16 June.
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Bol, who switched to the two-lap event shortly after winning her second World Championship title over 400m hurdles last year, will be making only her second appearance over the distance since.
🇳🇱 Femke Bol to make her outdoor 800m debut at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet on June 16th.
— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) May 19, 2026
Her only race of the 2026 indoor season was a 1:59.07 in Metz, France on Feb. 8th. She broke the Dutch indoor national record. The outdoor 800m record is 1:55.54 by Ellen van Langen in… pic.twitter.com/cxXFjLOyxF
The 26-year-old made a promising start to life in the new event at a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Metz on 8 February, clocking a personal best time of 1:59.07.
The time made rounds as it also set a national record, with Broeders-Bol becoming the first Dutchwoman to break the 2:00 barrier indoors.
A subsequent foot injury, however, forced her to miss the rest of the indoor season, staying close to four months without any competitive action.
Competing in Ostrava is not new to Broeders-Bol, as she has been appeared thrice in the event, winning twice in 2020 and 2022 over the rare 300 Metres Hurdles, and finishing third in the 400m last year in 49.98.
Should the two-time world 400m hurdles champion opt to make national history again, she will have to dig deep into 1992 Olympic Champion Ellen Van Langen’s time of 1:55.54.
After Ostrava, Broeders-Bol is expected to compete in the 800m again, this time at the FBK Games in Hengelo five days later on Sunday, 21 June.
Other standout athletes confirmed for Ostrava include: World indoor 60m champion Jordan Anthony, who will take on US compatriot Ronnie Baker in the men’s 100m, sprint star Noah Lyles, who faces rising talent Gout Gout over 150m.
100m hurdlers Devynne Charlton and Nadine Visser; pole vaulters Emmanouil Karalis and Katie Moon,1000m hopeful Josh Hoey, and European silver medallist Mohammed Attaoui will grace the event.
