Femke having a Bol of a time in final Games warm-up meet


Nice and easy: Femke Bol of Holland wins the women’s 400m hurdles in a meet-record 51.30 during the London Diamond League. — Reuters

LONDON: World champion Femke Bol set a new meet record as she cruised to victory in the women’s 400m hurdles at Saturday’s Diamond League in London.

In a final warm-up for the Paris Olympics, Bol clocked 51.30 seconds to beat by 0.15sec the previous best she’d set at the London Stadium last year.

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