Netherlands and Femke Bol get 4x400 gold and will go drinking to celebrate

[@emyoji1316]

This team gives off only good positive vibes, no ego clash....just love and happiness

[@ravivaradhan4956]

Femke Bol is a great athlete and a lovely person. She runs all the relays for her team even though she is a superstar who could have just focused on her individual event. I was very happy that she had a wonderful comeback performance in the 4x400 relay to wipe off the bad memory of the mixed relay. I wish her and the Dutch athletes the very best.

[@johndfc4647]

That was an outstanding race by 3 great teams . Hollywood couldn't write a better script . Femke falling in the mixed, getting Picked up by her team to win her individual gold and then femke pays them back with this tonight. As a 🇬🇧, it was great to see my country getting the bronze and our lass nicole yeargin ran a great last leg against two great athletes. Athletics won tonight and all week intact

[@doncardi8699]

Yea, the Netherlands was cool to watch, O them guys from India were doing their thing as well.

[@nathanielmills4678]

As a Jamaican getting silver kept us 4th in the medals table. Gold we would have been 2nd. But I was happy for this Dutch team. It was an incredible race.

[@Maria_muziekjes]

🧡

[@QuamfyMarc]

🇯🇲 ❤ 🇳🇱

[@fattony9227]

Femke Bol said that Usain Bolt sent her his congratulations after the race. She was so excited to be complemented by her favourite athlete of All Time.

[@bhoogewerf2823]

What great team spirit, no pretence, so humble and modest. They truly deserve that Gold medal.

[@kevinnapier8996]

This team was AMAZING!! The world needed to see this athletic performance and it showcases Nederland and that CHAMPION culture!

[@D45VR]

Great team all around. Femke Bol's finish was out of this world. Now, WC for the Dutch men & women!

[@Trancymind]

Current Netherlands mens football national team has left the chatroom. Netherlands womens football national team- We want our coach back from 2018 and we will deliver and win the world cup!!

[@philsarkol6443]

Come on ..this is just about the best thing that could happen. Femke Bol fell just before the finishing line earlier in the championship..she picked herself up , dusting off and went on together with the team to finally win this 4x4 ...it is just amazing performance and a result for such a small country. I find it heartwarming to see how they interact as a team.

[@jordanjordannis2258]

A Jamaican win would have been better. Smaller country. Been struggling under the weight of the Americans for years

[@G.J.Davies]

Eh ? Jamaican runners have been dominating running for years and years , when I think of sprinters I think of Jamaica

[@reinerdykeman]

⁠@@jordanjordannis2258 any country who wins the 4x400 relay other than USA would be an occasion to celebrate 😂

[@MarsorryIckuatuna]

“The whole country is in your hands” - very nicely put.

[@RudolfJohMoll]

Congrats my fellow Dutchies!

[@benheideveld4617]

Cameraman seems to forget there is five women to this team, Lysanne de Witte, far left, ran the series. Without her no final. She actually received a gold medal, too!

[@donchela]

Femke, the real Queen of Budapest 2023 😊

[@marktheelf53]

ABSOLUTELY YES !!!!! No one is so fast, relaxed, effortless and tender!

[@ipaporod]

​@@marktheelf53:And above all , humble and respectful!.You don't see this team being boastful and arrogant!

[@joharper284]

I wouldn’t say all of that. Every women that competed are all Queens!!!

[@robertsanders8371]

Well done to the Dutch girls...ran brilliantly...they deserve champagne!

[@h8nhome150]

All Five ladies are BEAUTIFUL and very SKILLFUL Olympians. God Bless Nederlandians.

[@hermannvogel4499]

Echt alles is perfect aan dit team: leuke meiden; mooie meiden; sympathiek, sportief en spontaan; uitstekende beheersing van de Engelse taal; heel goed hoe zij de pers te woord staan en natuurlijk vooral de onvergetelijke super sportprestaties. Wat mij betreft nu al duidelijk dit team is sportteam van het jaar 2023. Andere team hoeven niet eens meer genomineerd te worden.

[@pietkeizer5279]

Mee eens

[@crabsodyinblue]

100% mee eens

[@lowiebovens.]

Op de achtergond staat Laurent Meuwly ( de man achter dit succes) goedkeurend toe te kijken en in stilte te genieten van dit succes. 😃

[@latanyakenlock1827]

Femke Bol declare its not an individual race it’s a team performance 👏👏

[@matthewcarlton5693]

She is amazing. And clearly a great teammate.

[@yiiitbiiy]

no because without her they would only get 3rd or 4th place. Femke Bol brought the gold!

[@hermannus3894]

@@yiiitbiiy , so you know exacly in which order the fastest runners of the other countries where running?

[@matti_re]

​@@yiiitbiiythe crazy thing is, femke wasn't actually the fastest runner in the dutch team. Klaver was faster (48.71 vs 48.79)

[@ArkyMalarkey]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@yiiitbiiy: You really don’t get it, do you? It’s a TEAM effort. The other three girls ran as fast as they could and managed to get the baton to Femke in time for her to win the race.

[@davidcorneliocornelio9178]

Gefeliciteerd dames voor de woorden. Spectaculaire training and finish super leuke. 🇳🇱 🇳🇱 🇳🇱 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 Groeten uit Lima Perú 🇵🇪

[@jetsebutenpost]

Lieke is a stunner, the whole team is amazing

[@FabianVanL]

The Dutch running team, also including the male runners, clearly is a tight group of friends. And that really, really helps. It was an amazing World Cup for them and for anyone watching.

[@davehart9972]

they have nothing to do with the men

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@davehart9972 How do you know that? A group of friends is a group of friends, and the men are also part of the community at papendal. Or is there a reason why you have a problem with the men?

[@slsstar100]

@@davehart9972 One of the men and one of the girls are a couple lmao. I wouldn't say 'nothing'.

[@robbertl.6339]

@@davehart9972 They surely have. Both men and women are training and living at the same location. So, they are in contact all the time.

[@DubbelDutch1]

We houden van jullie, fantastische prestatie!

[@williambunter3311]

What always impresses me is the intelligence of these athletes. They are quite comfortable to converse in English. How many of us can converse in Dutch?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

We take on 3 foreign languages at around 12 years of age. Usually English, German and French. You can usually drop 1 or 2, but not all, after 2 years. Most will keep English. The reason of all this is because the Netherlands is small and for business, needs to go outside its borders. Other countries will never teach Dutch, so the Dutch need to adapt. But in my opinion, what helps the most is that everything is subtitled on TV and at the movies. So you hear the actual language and read the translation. Other countries dub over the voices with their own voice actors.

[@williambunter3311]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 Thank you, Dutch friend, for this explanation. Olyimpic gold for Femke next year!

[@georgiojansen7758]

though the translation is bad, i have eng subs

[@nathanielmills4678]

I used to travel to the Netherlands quite often for work and everyone I met in companies spoke English regardless of how remote the location was.

[@dissonancy9762]

English is taught from a young age here, and what also really helps is that we watch movies etc in English (or other languages) with subtitles, so we get exposed to other languages from an early age. I remember learning my first English word when I was 3 or 4 from a container of powder which had text in several languages on it 🙂

[@fireeestarter1]

So happy for her Klaver and team. ❤

[@jan5357]

Geweldig alle meiden ! Zo trots op jullie alle 5. Op naar Parijs !!!

[@MarsorryIckuatuna]

This team was AMAZING! What an awesome race. That last leg was Fire!

[@PreludeSon]

Congrats....lots of hard work and dedication pays off!

[@pantelisliakos2481]

Klaver is an absolute unit of a beauty and aesthetics the likes of Ottey, Diame, Grigorieva, Isinbayeva

[@user1952-e4g]

Lieke Klaver would make a great heptathlon athlete as well with her physique and speed.

[@paulsolon6229]

Good observation

[@ofs82]

The Dutch tend to start everybody out as multi-sport athletes and specialise them, some sooner rather than later, at least those from the Continental Netherlands, it might be different for those from Curaçao like Bonevacia or Paulina. People like Nadine Visser and Dafne Schippers both started out as heptathletes too. Competitively, Klaver's always been a sprinter, moving from 100 to 200 to 400, but I'd be surprised if she didn't try some of the other disciplines internally.

[@LeoGielesen]

Like Dafne Schippers, she was a heptathlon athlete before she made the choice to focus only on sprints

[@sequiaonda78]

How can we not adore them_?

[@ricardorodulfo739]

Great race and great team from Netherlands.

[@venustambaoan8245]

Love u femke bol❤❤❤

[@regisjanson8424]

Congratulations girls 👏🏼😊

[@mattp.4329]

I hope they start adding more relays to world events, they're awesome

[@jackeroo75]

You can tell the one with the gold medal is savioring every moment in this.

[@brucegelman5582]

Always run to the line because you never know how fast those in front of you are slowing up.

[@Locurazul333]

I wish the best to all of them. It's not easy to be among the top five best of your country. Go girls!

[@JonathanRBarnard]

I like the way the German reporter interprets "running for country" as guilt

[@brlyjo]

There's a historical context to be considered.

[@anthonymcaleer2554]

Wonderful individual athletes, Wonderful teamwork. Great job ladies.

[@ndjibukabengele973]

Femke is a beast.

[@johnjong1584]

​yes, how Lieke went from a meter behind on the outside track and then changing nearly aside UK and Jamaica was impressive.

[@jonathanphillips5514]

I hope the celebrations matched the race! Congratulations

[@DR-pj7sr]

Congrats, ladies. Cheers from cousins in Luxembourg. 😉

[@PongGod]

Femke Bold... I like that!

[@patrickwalsh2361]

That race was true “redemption”! It reminded me of the Billy Mills gold winning race but even more astonishing!

[@simondeun9692]

DIT is samen met de Londen Marathon winst van Hassan, HET sportmoment van 2023, tranen van emotie om te zien. Zo Puur sport, ongelooflijk wat onze vrouwen in sport kunnen en kennen . Van harte , kanjers!! Geniet van je prestatie!!! 👍👍💋

[@hangijzer17]

Ja, dit was idd ontzettend knap en spannend. Toch een kleine kanttekening: als de Jamaicaanse niet was stilgevallen in de laatste meters, was het "hooguit" zilver geworden. De wereldtitel op de weg voor Mathieu van der Poel na vele jaren en de WK-titel Madison voor Havik/van Schip na een tenenkrommend spannende wedstrijd waren overigens ook fantastische sportmomenten. En zo zijn er nog wel meer toppers momenteel, zoals bijv. Lavreysen, Verstappen en Hoogland, die hun WK-titels erg dominant aaneen rijgen.

[@halbedejong7963]

​@@hangijzer17 als je te hard van start gaat is de kans groot dat je aan het eind tekort komt. Het heeft niets met de Jamaicaanse te maken, maar met de eindsprint van Bol. Die heeft haar race beter ingedeeld.

[@hangijzer17]

@@halbedejong7963 Oh, beter ingedeeld - daar heb je absoluut gelijk in en daar zat de winst ook in. Was idd ook wel te verwachten dat JAM op het einde wel (wat) zou vertragen en Bol dichterbij zou kunnen komen. Maar we konden tijdens de race, zelfs nog op zo'n 25 m van de finish, niet inschatten dat JAM in deze mate zou instorten. Ze stond in de laatste paar meter gewoon bijna stil. Voor hetzelfde geld had ze het wèl net een paar meter langer kunnen volhouden. Of net iets harder kunnen doorlopen in die laatste paar meter. Dan was het "gewoon" zilver geweest. Wat ook heel knap zou zijn, hoor, daar niet van. Heeft dus alles met de Jamaicaanse te maken, instorten was iig niet afgedwongen door NL oid. Gewoon idd net niet goed genoeg ingedeeld door JAM. En mazzel voor NL :)

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

⁠@@hangijzer17vind ik een beetje raar hoe je het allemaal omschrijft. “Als ze niet was still gevallen, dan was het gewoon zilver geweest”. Dat is dus met alle sporten. Als Wout van Aert niet was still gevallen, was het gewoon zilver geweest voor van der Poel. Als Alonso wat betere banden had aan het eind, was het gewoon zilver geweest voor Verstappen. 🙄 Deze race was 4 keer 400meter. Het was geen 3 keer 400 plus 1 keer 380 meter. Er was absoluut geen mazzel voor NL. Tenzij je het ook mazzel vind dat met het hoog springen diegene met zilver toevallig het stokje aan tikte. Mazzel voor diegene met het goud. Ook mazzel met het verspringen dat de nummer twee net niet verder sprong.

[@hangijzer17]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 Klopt anders wel gewoon, hoor. Had JAM een beetje normaal kunnen doorlopen tot aan de finish, was zilver het hoogst haalbare geweest voor NL. Zit verder geen rare omschrijving bij, hoor. Deze totale ineenstorting van de JAM atlete in de laatste meters was toch wel onverwacht. En hierdoor kon NL nog net winnen. Anders was dit waarschijnlijk net niet gelukt, hoewel de eindsprint van Bol erg indrukwekkend was. Bij andere sporten komt het idd ook wel eens voor, dat je wat geluk moet hebben om te winnen. Heeft hier verder niet zo veel mee te maken :)

[@Harolddespui]

Klaver on the right could easily play some kind of female superhero in a blockbuster. Beauty ánd the beast in one package.

[@durianriders]

She needs to lower the dosage. IYKYK.

[@Harolddespui]

@@durianriders Klaver doesn't hide for international events for the doping authorities, like some other runners... Klaver runs on all the events. Nothing to hide.

[@SuperSano19]

@@durianriders Women from Holland are just built like that, look at Daphne Shippers. She clearly has more of her fathers DNA than her mothers.

[@specialk7209]

Klaver is natural, good genes, hard work, probably an excellent diet (no junk like in the USA). She’s probably naturally energetic, active and works hard in general performing everyday activities.💯😃👌🏾

[@andys30us]

@@SuperSano19 Yep, Netherlands have the tallest people on average. Dutch women average 5 feet 7.96 inches in height, and Dutch men average 5 feet 11.86 inches in height.

[@marktheelf53]

fantastic quartet with a diamond point....

[@radicalrick9587]

*Femke hit the afterburner and she was gone!*

[@Elonmuskateer]

Cool girls, well done!

[@matthewcarlton5693]

They are so cool.

[@zolilemagugu8525]

Congratulations girls❤

[@KenanJHS]

Love this team

[@g.o.a.t4393]

they had both tactics and speed. many just have one

[@apriljadegalgo1906]

Really loved thes ladies! 💪❤️💪

[@1VintageFather]

Great team. Proud!

[@bill7379]

Absolutely brutal from Klaver: sometimes it brings you the ground 😂

[@liekevg8548]

Haaha I guess they are THAT close that she can say thay

[@erikrichpoor1042]

Beasts on the track, but after the race very cutee. 😍

[@slasaus1]

Gefeliciteerd meiden. zo vaak dat ze winnen in verschillende takken van sport.

[@SveSamShvatio]

German spirit! Dutch women are definitely the most beautiful and bravest women in the world!

[@berniebee]

Uitstekend gedaan! Whole team!

[@cameronbedeau8542]

Wow what a race. What a redemption for Femke Bol. I was rooting against her in the first relay (must of been USA chasing) but felt so bad for her. She was going to get Silver but I think they ended up being DQ'd as she dropped the Baton. It's definitely easier to chase and come from behind so I feel for the athletes at the front who get overtaken. What an amazing drama !!

[@ipaporod]

NEVER ever count out a sprinter who last name is very similar to Bolt; Bol, Vol, Boll, ect!.She looks like your average nerdy skinny girl who no one would guess has HUGE heart and inmense determination, Wow 😲😲😲😲

[@rankobarensic]

Trots op hun💪💪💪🧡🧡🧡🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@joharper284]

Congratulations 🎊

[@antonrossouw8015]

Wel gedaan !!!!!

[@matti_re]

the crazy thing is, femke wasn't actually the fastest runner in the dutch team. Klaver was faster (48.71 vs 48.79). If they can add 1 more 50 sec runner to the team they could start to challenge the us for gold at the Olympics. Hoppefully zoe sedney can add some magic next year

[@hermanmertens8383]

Not true. Somebody measured wrong (from hand over to hand over) Lieke 49.01, Femke 48.45.

[@davemarriott]

Lovely ladies. ❤

[@evansusmc]

Amazing job girls!

[@SaintD382]

Lieke Klaver 😍😍😍

[@tak-el-uc]

Lieke Klaver is hilarious.

[@vincentvangogh8092]

I think the relay is special as they work to give the gold to their friendly team mates

[@arnoldustwumasi1253]

Congratulations outstanding

[@leoneltrenquin6608]

Awesome girls. but Femke is a genius

[@a2knyc]

It was not even mentioned on the US broadcast, but the Dutch team totally missed the final handoff in the 4x100 finals. Lieke Klaver ran all 3 relays, and the first 2 DNF. So finally she got her gold.

[@bb7503]

Well done team Netherlands bol is on 🔥🔥🔥 where is Dafne?

[@MrHaagsesjonny1]

Dafne_ injured. but ParisOG24 will get her know again......

[@My-hat]

Dafne has not ran in competitions for a long time, I assume she has been injured or retired? She also would not run in a 4x4 as she is a 100 and 200 (particularly) specialist

[@Maria_muziekjes]

Working on a come-back, she broke a spiral cord and was badly injured, she was a co-host for the Dutch television during this tournament.

[@My-hat]

@@Maria_muziekjes woah, poor Dafne!

[@mongoslade277]

Schippers was very good in the hepathlon. She can run 400m. She kept getting hurt. Too much weight training and she lost her speed. Needs to bring her old coach back

[@paulsolon6229]

Way to go

[@liability69]

so impressive how well these women speak English

[@brlyjo]

A question for Femke Bol: Do you feel any kinship with Jamaica's Stacey Ann Williams considering the way this race ended? Did you talk to her?

[@SeanLiu4]

Judging by Liekes response, I bet chu they'll be doing more than just drinking bwuahahaha😂🤣

[@Teacher2Polis2XtraRice]

I hope they will do great again in 2024 Paris Olympics

[@kampira1]

They did!

[@latrellegaddies-hathorn7083]

Great race ladies. I would like to see USA against them, now that would have been a race. Congratulations to you ladies 🎉

[@joharper284]

I was looking forward to this race, USA against the Netherlands. But of course we tend to have problems with batons. So congratulations ladies maybe next time.

[@markrobinson8254]

Refreshing

[@jamesrivera4947]

Nooit te jong om te beginnen met drinken, roken of gokken 🍸🚬 🎲🎲

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

Femke Bol has a really different voice when she's not just finished running, haha

[@pedrokropotkin9045]

The Clockwork Orange of 21st century 😊😊😊

[@qedqubit]

what on earth posesse you to compare this lovely banter with that horrific crap ?

[@lelebella3252]

So which 4 was actually in the race? I know femka and Klaver were but there's 3 more.

[@stefanmarton2954]

The four to the right were.

[@wastedcentury1805]

Lisanne at far left ran prelim but not the final

[@lelebella3252]

@@wastedcentury1805 Thank you

[@lelebella3252]

@@stefanmarton2954 thanks

[@ANIK-qk9mz]

These womens are jacked

[@SUF-py4ix]

Well done girls

[@theobolt250]

One day there will come an answer like "Ah, dunno man... partying... bit o' weed? Snort or two? And lots of booz." With a dead pan face and tone of voice.

[@GeoAce777]

Lieke 'Gins in the Sky' Klaver 😗😈😘

[@MrTrustafox]

At 16 seconds, does Klaver say "a lot of hard work, literally sweat, tears and a lot of knobs"?

[@billieboybuddha4238]

'laughs'

[@yiiitbiiy]

Femke Bol got them the gold without her they wouldnt even win!

[@jimwesteven2023]

0:40 - I just realized who Femke Bol sounds a bit like, sometimes. Ever see Mira Sorvino in "Mighty Aphrodite"? 😂

[@MartinSmith-qt3cc]

Steve Cram thinks Femke could eventually compete at 800 m 🤔 Personally I’d like to see her compete at 400 flat more

[@PokemonDiamondUS]

Is it just me or does Klaver kind of look like Steiner?

[@ferdinandvanzyl1500]

❤🇳🇱

[@seanl67]

By drinking, do they mean protein shakes?

[@otherworld11]

FEMKE BOL is 6 feet tall - which means the other girls are too.

[@joadabass3940]

Did Klaver have makeup on ?

[@MrHaagsesjonny1]

Yeah, and for the first (in human history) time Lieke wore a winning ponytail: that's what made her fly this time... (she looked stronger with this new hairstyle...)

[@dexvanbrakel4768]

She always has

[@GyariSan1]

Lol the male interviewer soinds like Roger Federer

[@erikpeterson25]

👍x5

[@emanefo]

I bet you if they interview the french team, nobody will speak english.

[@alexarihani2902]

And if you interview the US team. No one will speak anything but English

[@garagesale8003]

@@alexarihani2902 That's a stretch, Americans don't even speak proper English.

[@emanefo]

@@alexarihani2902 you prove my point about the Dutch

[@davidcorneliocornelio9178]

He visitado 2 veces 🇳🇱 y ellos hablan muy bien el inglés, aparte de su idioma madre que es el neerlandés , aparte saben un idioma más. Casi el 90 por ciento de la población 🇳🇱 habla muy bien el ingles, Gefeliciteerd dames voor spectaculaire training and finish super leuke Femke Bol. 🇳🇱 🇳🇱 🇳🇱 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 Groeten uit Lima Perú 🇵🇪

[@archie6945]

@@emanefo They don't have a choice...how many years of English at school?