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Belgium, Colombia and Netherlands poised to seize 4x400m opportunity in Silesia | PREVIEW | WRE 21

Jonathan Sacoor in the 4x400m at the World Athletics Relays Yokohama 2019 (© Getty Images) Trinidad and Tobago ended USA’s winning streak in Yokohama two years ago, and now it looks as though the men’s 4x400m at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 could have its first European winner. In the women’s 4x400m, meanwhile, the focus will be on whether hosts Poland can repeat their victory from two years ago. But places at the next two global championships are also at stake. The top eight placed teams in the women’s and men’s 4x400m finals at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow on 1-2 May will automatically qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, while the top 10 – the eight teams in the final and those with the two next best times in the first round – will qualify for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

How friendship further inspires Klaver and Bol | FEATURE | WRE 21

How friendship further inspires Klaver and Bol | FEATURE | WRE 21
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How friendship further inspires Klaver and Bol | FEATURE

Bianca Baak, Lieke Klaver, Lisanne de Witte and Femke Bol in Doha (© Getty Images) To best describe the close friendship between training partners and occasional on track rivals Lieke Klaver and Femke Bol, perhaps the Dutch word of gunnen (not begrudge) might be most apt. The Dutch duo have independently and collectively made quite an impact over the past 18 months or so. Last year Bol rocketed to No.1 on the world lists for the women’s 400m hurdles, posting a huge national record of 53.79, and earlier this year emphatically snared the European indoor 400m title. Klaver, meanwhile, earlier this year set national indoor records for 200m and 400m (before Bol claimed the latter mark at the same meeting in Vienna) and the pair featured as one half of the Dutch sprint team which banked the European 4x400m crown with a national record time.

Dutch 4x400 double at the European indoor athletics championships

The Dutch relay winners celebrate. Photo: Robin van Lonkhuizen The Dutch men and women’s 4×400 relay teams both picked up the gold medal in the European indoor athletics championships in Torun, Poland on Sunday, completing a successful tournament with the double. Jochem Dobber, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela and Tony van Diepen completed the race in 3.06.06, beating the Czech Republic and Britain into silver and bronze positions. The women’s team – Lieke Klaver, Marit Dopheide, Lisanne de Witte and Femke Bol – won in 3.27.15, ahead of Britain and Poland. The Dutch squad picked up four gold, one silver and two bronze at the championships. Femke Bol earlier picked up gold in the 400 metres while Nadine Visser won the 60 metres hurdles.

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