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The U.S. track team dominated at last week's World Championships, winning 29 medals: 12 gold, eight silver and nine bronze. Jamaica was second with 12 medals.
The Dutch track athletes taking part in the women’s 4x400 meter relay race won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday. Led by Femke Bol and Lieke Klaver, the foursome ran to the title, setting a new Dutch record in the process. It was the fifth medal for the Dutch team at the World Championships, the most the Netherlands has ever won at the annual event. Joined by Eveline Saalberg and Cathelijn Peeters, they ran the final race in 3:20.72. They secured gold, finishing ahead of Jamaica and the United Kingdom.
In the much-anticipated 800-meter final, Team USA athlete Athing Mu went out from the starting gun to lead the field for the first 600 meters. Kenya's Mary Moraa was close behind, not letting Mu get away as she held on in her slipstream. Great Britain's Keely Hodginkson brought out her signature kick and came past Mu in the inside lane.
Femke Bol has won the world title in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 51.70 seconds at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin. The 23-year-old took gold, the Dutch team’s first at the tournament. The Dutch athletes have won two other medals. Anouk Vetter took the bronze in the heptathlon, and Sifan Hassan snatched the bronze in the 1,500 meter. National team coach Laurent Meuwly announced in February that Femke Bol would run faster than she ever has in the 400 meter hurdles. The world title in Budapest was the proof of that.
Femke Bol has won the world title in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 51.70 seconds at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin. The 23-year-old took gold, the Dutch team’s first at the tournament. The Dutch athletes have won two other medals. Anouk Vetter took the bronze in the heptathlon, and Sifan Hassan snatched the bronze in the 1,500 meter. National team coach Laurent Meuwly announced in February that Femke Bol would run faster than she ever has in the 400 meter hurdles. The world title in Budapest was the proof of that.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Never has finishing second felt so good to Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Or been so exhausting. Starting the final event of the heptathlon, the 800 meters, with the...