Olympic champion Femke Bol opens up on technical improvements and progress after meet record performance at FBK Games

Four-time Olympic medalist Femke Bol has shared her thoughts on delivering a dominant performance after making technical improvements in her signature event at the 2025 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games. In the 400m hurdles, she surpassed her previous record at the venue and etched a new one with 52.51 seconds.

Bol, who hails from Amersfoort, the Netherlands, gained prominence with her national junior career and then her senior career on the international track stage. Throughout her notable career, she has clinched four medals from the World Championships and four from the World Indoor Championships, among other accolades.

She recently participated in the 2025 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games at Hengelo, Netherlands and etched a new record in the 400m hurdles after making technical improvements. She also surpassed her previous record at the FBK stadium. Regarding the race, she mentioned (via FBK Games):

"I've done it - I've got the meeting record (laughs). To be honest, I didn't really think about a specific time or anything before the race, but I really wanted to win here in front of the home crowd. I'm happy that even resulted in a meeting record here. The race was pretty good. The first part went really well, especially with the changes I've made (technically) recently. I was quite positive about that first part of the race."

She continued:

"Obviously I felt the pain and the lactate at the end of the race, but you just know that's coming. You have to deal with it (laughs). This result shows I'm on track. I ran faster than I usually do in this time of the year and season. I'm super happy."

Femke Bol has also captured six medals from the European Championships.

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Femke Bol etched a meeting record and her fastest season opener at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League

Femke Bol at The Olympic Games-Paris 2024 - Source: Getty

Dutch track icon Femke Bol opened her season with the 2025 Rabat Diamond League. In the 400m hurdles, she registered the meeting record by finishing the race in 52.46 seconds; with this timing, she also posted her fastest season opener.

With this notable win, Bol currently ranks No. 1 in the women's 400m hurdles, as per World Athletics rankings. Behind her is the four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Bol has also clinched six medals from the European Indoor Championships and impressively captured 25 Diamond League wins. In 2024, Bol registered a European record in the 400m hurdles and a Short Track world record in the 400m.