The INSANE 400 Meter Hurdles Battle; Femke Bol VS. Sydney Mclaughlin

The INSANE 400 Meter Hurdles Battle; Femke Bol VS. Sydney Mclaughlin
We have all been waiting for this. Sydney Mclaughlin against Femke Bol in the 400-meter hurdles. Can anyone challenge McLaughlin's dominance? Or will Femke Bol surprise us by making the unreal a reality? One thing is certain, and that is that this battle will not be boring. These are perhaps the two biggest names in the 2023 400 meter hurdles.
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[@Eliteathletics22]

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[@aldopedroso6212]

How was it determined that an indoor 49.26 is equivalent to an outdoor 48.45? Can indoor/outdoor times for other distances?

[@SirCamsmorethanalot]

Thanks for a useless BS clickbati EMPTY post...go away!

[@markus9415]

@@aldopedroso6212 This is a channel with alot of misinformation.

[@aldopedroso6212]

@@markus9415 Given the Olympic results, this post speaks for itself. I've had so many arguments with people telling me that Bol was going to win citing a new stride pattern but I didn't think so, she would still have to run 400 meters. Sydney just has more speed, she is 8th on the world list in the 200! She was world leader at the time she ran it or 2nd, not sure.

[@michellewilliams4458]

They are both excellent athletes. BOL will have her glory after Syndney is older just as Syndney did. So peeps let it rest. BOL KNOWS did yall see her admiration of Syndney in tge interview afterwards. She couldn't stop staring at her. It's the fans with the problem as usual

[@billevidon8089]

Narrator: “One thing is certain, this battle will not be boring” This battle: “Actually, I am fairly boring…” What a dominant performance by Sydney! She beat Bol by nearly 2 seconds!

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Nope, Bol running down the US's 2nd best 400m runner coming from 20meters behind was the MOST EXCITING race in the Olympics

[@billevidon8089]

🤣

[@raulputong331]

Your title implies that you were actually going to show "The Battle". 🤨 Click bait!🙄

[@donmoore2684]

Yep, it's BS. Make a video after they race

[@kevinwoods2602]

No battle to be had. Bol has NEVER beaten McLaughlin......and they have yet to meat this year.

[@fredcarani6764]

@@kevinwoods2602 Past races results are pointless. Why even run a race if you just go by previous times? Bol has been improving and Sydney has been a no show.

[@donmoore2684]

@@kevinwoods2602 And I hope she doesn't but she will be hungry, and that matters

[@icosmomiller6861]

Absolutely, click bait!!! Bullshit!!!!

[@Shandy6733]

Femke Bol didn't burst onto the scene at the 2023 indoor season....she was on the scene since the Tokyo Olimpics........she got bronze, remember?

[@melkikuo7921]

Thats exactly what I was thinking!

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

She started Hurdling in 2019.

[@davidd5712]

I love both but I think Sydney is probably faster

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

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[@andrejmlakar3677]

Noup.

[@THE_HMRC]

Femke who? Oh, the third best hurdler in the world. The Olympics put this so-called 'battle' to rest.....COMPLETELY. Femke was almost 2 seconds SLOWER than Sydney in the 400m hurdles....That is not an insane battle, but an epic CRUSH. Sorry Elite Athletics, but your prediction fell as flat as warm soda fizz....It did not happen.

[@michellewilliams4458]

Lmao for sure 😂

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

🤣🤣🤣Bla, Bla, Bla... The head to head on track record of Bol against the BEST hurdlers in the World, minus mcLaughlin Bol - Dalilah Muhammad: 7 - 2 (since 2021: 7 - 0) for Bol Bol - Cockrell: 8 - 1 Bol - Rushell Clayton: 18 - 0 Bol - Shamir Little: 16 - 0 Bol - Jasmine Jones: 1 - 0: Bol - Andrenette Knight: 8 - 0 Bol - Janieve Russell: 17 - 0 etc. etc. etc. Bol has 9 of the 20 fastest times in the list of fastest ever (like mcLaughlin), Muhammad 1 (on nr.9) and Cockrell 1 (on nr 13.) The next fastest runner after Bol is Cockrell, she is 0.92 SLOWER than Bol, And the next best after her is Jasmine Jones, she is 1.34 Seconds SLOWER than Bol It is very SIMPLE: besides McLaughlin there is NO 400 m hurdler on this PLANET, who even comes close to Bol. Now go home and weep. And please keep your delusional little stories to yourself?

[@THE_HMRC]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 ...minus Sydney.....you are absolutely correct.

[@AftonAdams]

@@rientsdijkstra4266- Minus Sydney 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@THE_HMRC Of course I am correct, but you are contradicting yourself. You said that Bol is the 3d fastest hurdler. But the data show that without any doubt Bol is BY FAR the 2nd fastest hurdler. And Cockrell who got the silver in Paris handed to her by Bol who flubbered her race, comes nowhere close to Bol. Bol beat her 8-1, and Bol is significantly faster than Cockrell on the hurdles and the 100m, 200m and 400m flat. So please learn to get your stories and your data correct before you make "smart" remarks?

[@jollymolly2521]

LOL at this guy acting like 2023 was a breakout year for Bol. She's been in the top 3 hurdlers for at least 3 years. Also, Sydney was never going to run both 400m and 400mH at World's. The schedule didn't allow that and she said she was only running 400m in 2023. At least make an attempt to be accurate about a few of your "facts."

[@kkemp221]

I know she was injured for a while but its still strange she didn't showed up in the diamond league or any other international match in 2023. Why? My guess. Olympics are coming and that is more important then other things. She doesn't want others to know how she is doing 😊

[@efisgpr]

She'll never have a breakout year in which she is as fast as Sydney.

[@ignacedhont9816]

@@kkemp221 maybe replace "doing" with "juicing" and I would agree.

[@markus9415]

@@ignacedhont9816 People that think most athletes are clean are uninformed. I will never understand how people have so much free information at their fingertips but still choose to be this gullible.

[@meisiesmit4112]

What a brilliant athlete is Femke Bol 🌷

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

Bol is a great person and she is great in the hurdles and so is Kennedy Smith❤

[@efisgpr]

And always 10-15m behind Sydney.... ALWAYS

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

Femke bol, Kennedy Smith, Victoria Cameron, Keely Hodgkinson and Aria Pearce are my favorite female runners...look them up🙂

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

Coby Hilton, Dylan Randall, Joe Ferguson, Gatlin Bair and Cole Beck are my favorite male runners🙂😎🥳 Gatlin Bair and Cole Beck are great college football players and they are also Olympic level runner🙂 Look them up also

[@mungodegrijalva822]

@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck You're comment is suspect, since all your "favorite female runners" are white & not the best in their class. How about you "look them up" black female sprinters. You'll find that they are the world's best.

[@theobolt250]

I just cannot wait! The Meeting of All Meetings in women's athletics.

[@TravelMate2006]

It's never gonna happen.

[@michaelmcdonie4387]

Last time they raced femke lost by almost 50 meters😂

[@samwaugh1464]

Sydney has crushed Bol every time they have raced and is faster in the 100, 200, 400 and 400h; this is all hype - so far.

[@ignacedhont9816]

"every time they raced" is getting pretty old. Meanwhile, Bol is world champion. You can't loose if you don't compete.

[@knyght1074]

@@ignacedhont9816 You don't need to compete to know who's faster. There's this thing called "timed run".

[@saintsone7877]

@@knyght1074 And that only applies at the time she ran. You do not know if she(Sydney) has gotten faster, slower or is the same so cannot say with confidence anything. And there is a huge difference between training times and competition times. Past performances are a guide only and most runners get slower when they reach Sydneys age but get more endurance whilst Bol is still relatively young and her best performances still lie ahead of her. It will be interesting in Paris if Sydney does run and gets selected.

[@jollymolly2521]

Preach! Bol probably wouldn't even have run 51.45 if she and her coach had copied Sydney's stride pattern between hurdles this year. It's so funny watching everybody trying to copy the work Kersee is doing with Sydney. First Bol with the stride pattern between hurdles and then Paulino with the splits in hte 400m race at Worlds. Or am I the only one who sees what's going on?

[@jollymolly2521]

@@ignacedhont9816 Correction: She's a World Champion because Sydney didn't run in the race. There's no need to pretend the pig isn't wearing lipstick.

[@Benbbg]

I think Sydney will only return to 400m hurdles if Femke break her world record. Even Sydney feels tired to break the current world record

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

Femke is still so young, and she doesn't have to thank anyone if that person isn't there. And that other person will only get slower and Femke will only get faster. But we'll see, I hope in Paris..

[@cochise4390]

@@donaldotrumpie8067 right...because Bol is a whole year younger than Sydney and still doesn't come close

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

@@cochise4390 Bol has broken many World Cup records in 2023, not all of them yet, but she is still young. And it is time for Sydney to compete again and then we will see who is the fastest. I'm putting my money on Bol because it will become faster and faster again in 2024. But one thing is already clear to me, these 2 ladies, it will only be decided by 1 of the 2 ladies, the rest will be meters and meters short of the finish line.

[@cochise4390]

@@donaldotrumpie8067 I can agree it’s down to these two ladies. But Bol has to break the current record 1st

[@mmmvt5428]

at No matter what Femke Bol wins in terms of attitude and will-power

[@hiob3970]

Hello, why speaking again and again who will win. They compete at earliest next year in France. I think both can handle their things alone. Both are independant adult woman who are working hard for their sport. Let them alone and be happy to have two excellent athletes.

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Another idiot Fake track fan. Sydney is done with hurdles. She is going for 400 m flat

[@sandrawehrley4212]

Sidney is gearing more toward open track 400. So maybe it doesn’t matter much and Femke can continue to dominate as well. Either way they both are stunning! 🤘🏼

[@CraigCalloway-l4n]

Now past tense. Who won? By how much? Who took second? Who took third?

[@andrewhopoi1364]

She never beaten Sydney ever!

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

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[@QuamfyMarc]

Where was Sydney at last years DL London? Femke could beat her that day.

[@andrewhopoi1364]

You must be hallucinating because She's never beaten Sydney! Keep dreaming, she can be as good as you want her to be but the real queen of the 400M hurdle is Sydney. Twenty yards Sydney smoked her in the Japan Olympic!

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

@@andrewhopoi1364 You may be so addicted to Sydney but why has she been in a basement for almost 2 years. The last time I saw Fenke win the 400 meter hurdle, she had a 12 meter lead over number 2 at the World Championships and she has already won the 400 meters outdoors and indoors this year with a World Cup record each time. You can say that Sydney is better ???? but where is she??...

[@andrewhopoi1364]

Thats the 12 x2 is What Sydney beat her by at Tokyo! Sydney will destroy her in the 400 too not just the hurdle.@@donaldotrumpie8067

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Femke is not related to former NBA player Manute Bol.

[@davidzuk4894]

That's surprising. They look so much alike.

[@devongetman3135]

Haha you did make do a side by side profile in my head

[@fivefiveqt214]

😂

[@augustinfrancois1522]

Sydney will still reign as the supreme Queen of the 400 flat and hurdles.

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

Ha Ha When will Mclauglin come out of the cellar, Bol will improve the world record almost every day. And Lieke Klaver is also getting faster... The small Netherlands shows the world who has the fastest women... and watch this again and then shut up

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

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[@ignacedhont9816]

In the meantime, Bol keeps winning world championships and breaking world records.. Just now once more, in Glasgow. This mysterious injury of Sydney is taking way too much time.. what's going on?

[@neb530]

​@@donaldotrumpie8067 stop barking

[@THE_HMRC]

Not a battle....yet. Sydney is the greatest (world record holder)/ Femke is the greatest.....after Sydney.

[@Magnusfication]

Again, Sydney was the fastest in 2022. She hasnt run a 400mH in 2023. You cant win if you dont compete. Bol is currently the fastest 400mH runner.

[@THE_HMRC]

@@Magnusfication…. Again, who has the world record? Bol can be the fastest every year from here on in the 400m hurdles, but she will not be THE FASTEST until she breaks the record…

[@Magnusfication]

@@THE_HMRC the world record belongs to the person who was the fastest ever. Not neccesarily the fastest at the moment. Whats so hard to understand about that. Or do you think Usain Bolt is currently faster than Noah Lyles?

[@THE_HMRC]

​@@Magnusfication...You are correct. I understand what you are saying now.

[@andyjohhs2032]

Usain Bolt set the world record in 2009. He retired in 2017. Sydney is still an active runner and her world record is only 18 months old. So it is a completely different situation

[@Bruin4Life]

Until she loses a race, I will take Sydney McLauglin in every race between the her and Bol!

[@efisgpr]

She's a lot better. You're right. Every event, at every age...and head-to-head. Dutch fans just wish Femke were better ...she most certainly is not.

[@davidzuk4894]

There has never been a close race when Bol and McLaughlin compete head to head. Bol is second best until she shows she is capable of running with McLaughlin.

[@TravelMate2006]

@@davidzuk4894 Bol has demonstrated her capability all season. The problem is that McLaughlin has been avoiding competition after running her WR in 2022.

[@davidzuk4894]

@@TravelMate2006 Where do you Europeans get your information. You don't know what you are talking about. First of all McLaughlin was focusing entirely on the Open 400 meters last year so she wasn't even going to run against Bol unless Bol ran the Open 400 meters. Bobby Kersee is Sidney's coach and his athletes never really run the indoor season seriously. In the outdoor season last year Sydney was preparing for Budapest. I believe she ran 3 Open 400 meters trying different tactics with her last race in August she 48.78 seconds which is a time I don't believe Bol has ever run. Sometime after that race Sydney developed a knee injury and her coach shut her down for the remainder of the season. So your comments about Sydney avoiding Bol is just plain dumb. Bol has yet to prove she is anywhere near Sydney.

[@TravelMate2006]

@@davidzuk4894 I'm American, David. I am well aware of Kersee and his approach. Not a big fan.

[@ijoker4597]

Women on FIRE. 🤩 Welcome to PARIS 💥

[@delariorobinson2316]

These two ladies will be one of the stories in Olympic history that could surpass any story in the history of sports.💡🤔

[@kutznnty7542]

I got one word......NEW WORLD RECORD....50.65 SECS BY SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN set on 30th Jun 2024......Bol has no chance whatsoever. She will be lucky to get 2nd place with Anna C and Clayton from Jamaica at 52.49 sec and 52.64 sec

[@ikvangalen6101]

One word New world record 1. 2. 3. You can count!🤣😂

[@brianmakokha781]

You called it. 👏

[@markus9415]

Yup Bol has no chance against sporters who using steroids. It's a pity but hey. Integrity is a rare characteristic nowadays

[@kutznnty7542]

@markus9415 so that's the narrative Bol's fans using....drugs, lol. Come on, you can do better than that...At least Bol didn't fall flat on her face, oh wait, did Sydney's drugs cause that 🤔

[@markus9415]

@@kutznnty7542 I'm not a Bol fan. I just love fair competition. She has diabetes and cystic fibrosis. Your turn again.. It's funny that most Russian and American athletes are on PED's. It's kinda clear throughout history. As you know more than 85% of top sporters use PED's. Only 45 % get caught..

[@MichaelJ-m7c]

Click bait Sydney & Bol did not race??? Come on what is this

[@chipschannel9494]

Tokyo

[@badplayerone1731]

Who cares who wins Sydney almost never runs and in 50 years nobody will remember who ran the world record 400m hurdles, but everyone will still remember Femke Bol’s final run in the 4x400m winning the gold medal. Thats how you write history. By showing up and inspire people. Except for one fall Femke Bol won every race this year. Where was Sydney McLaughlin?

[@kc5466]

In 50 years that 4x400 run will be forgotten and by the way Sydney won the 4x400 twice already. Bol won every race this year. Sydney did that last year coupled with a world record and athlete of the year.

[@johnlironix2184]

Nonsense. On the global level Sydney won 3 gold medals in the 4x400 relay (Doha (2019), Tokyo (2021), Eugene (2022). In Eugene she ran a jaw-dropping 50.68 seconds to beat her previous record of 51.41 by almost a full second. Sydney was the first woman to break the 51-second barrier in the 400m hurdles. She was also the first woman to run the 400m hurdles in less than 52 seconds. It means that even today she holds a significant place in the history of track and field. In Budapest the Dutch won the gold medal in the 4x400m relay, but remember that the American women's team was disqualified from the preliminary round.

[@cycloneranger7927]

Neither Bol nor McLaughlin are going to sleep with you, simp.

[@basengelblik5199]

​@@kc5466not in the way Femke won.

[@johnlironix2184]

@basengelblik5199 Really? In Eugene Sydney McLaughlin had a split time of 47.91. How about Femke Bol in Budapest? 48.75. Who was faster? 😄

[@MegdalineMendikwae]

I like both their style, effortless, both great athletes...May the best one win

[@wilbertfigueroa8941]

Sydney doesn't have to worry, she was very relaxed in her race, saving her strength to break her record again. She will have a little pressure from Femke Bol, she is younger but I don't see her beating Sydney.

[@jeffreyleonard7210]

13 July 2024, Femke just answered Sydney!!

[@chipschannel9494]

Sidney was not impressed , Gay Paris.

[@tonzelle2720]

Femke won ALL diamond League hurdles races in 2023!

[@jamesrichardson9740]

Because Sydney wasn’t there

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@jamesrichardson9740 🤣🤣🤣Femke Bol: 36 WINS in a ROW (10 to 15 m Lead in each) + 4 World Championships + 3 World Records. McLaughlin: 5 races on the 400 flat in 2023, of which she LOST 1 to Paulino...

[@cheesebeef4902]

Tonzelle😂 sometimes we just have to bow down and bend the knee. There is no other way.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@cheesebeef4902 🤡

[@sydboski]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 Are you still on this kick?

[@ianbrewer4843]

I just enjoy the efforts of two great athletes.

[@brucevandermeulen4170]

It will be great competition!!!!

[@viking00777777]

Btw another big problem Bol has is that she will have to run more race for her medals. Syd may only tun finals! USA depth big advantage. As a result Syd and Bol Della have raised the other women like Ana and Jasmine who have reached 52. Sec Range and may challenge for Silver and Bronze. Brilliant!! 😊

[@markus9415]

Great job on deleting honest comments Elite Athletics. Applaus for yourself.. Smh.

[@tonzelle2720]

At the moment? 1st of march 2024? Femke Bol!

[@sydboski]

What about now?

[@jayminasi6073]

i would love to see sydney and femke run the hundred meter for fun and the 200 also. it would be fun to compare the raw speed of sydney.

[@alexgomez7914]

Bol not even on Sydney level in the 400MH I don't see how or why people think that? I hope Sydney runs under 50 at the Olympics then pursues the 400M World Record next year.

[@jollymolly2521]

The people saying Femke are cracking me up. The reality is - Sydney is way faster than Femke. The end. If you look at Syd's best time - 50.68. Femke's best time - 51.45 is still slower than Syd's 2nd fastest time of 51.41. If you look at their best flat 400 times - Sydney's is 48.74 and Femke's is 49.44. Stop trying to make this a rivalry. In order to have a rivalry both parties need to win races. Yet every race they've ever been in together - Sydney has left Femke eating her dust. Is Femke the 2nd best 400m hurdler right now? Yes - but she's still .77 behind Syd's WR. In a race .77 would probably come out to 8-10 meters behind Sydney (See: 2022 World Championships). Sorry to burst bubbles...

[@francescostano4445]

Bol ran 49.26 indoor this season. The only reason why her best time outdoor is still 49.44 is that she ran only two races this year in the beginning of the season because she was concentrating on the hurdles. But with the improvements she had this year she can go easy under 49

[@Magnusfication]

Important correction: the reality WAS. Sydney hasnt run a 400mH in 2023. Bol is currently the fastest female hurdler in the world by a large margin. You cant win if yiu dont compete. We know Bol has gotten faster. We dont know if and what kind of progression Sydney has made. All the more reason why i hope we get to see them go head to head in the 400mH final in Paris. But it looks like Sydney might choose the 400 instead. A shame, but understandable from her perspective.

[@angelobraam6157]

whahahaha bol eats sidney for breakfast now

[@ThaSpeedsterZ]

What nonsense are you talking ? So Noah lyles is better than bolt cause he hasn't completed ? Bro, the man said Bol's best time is not even in Syd's top 5. Bol won cause Syd isn't there. They even asked her if she wants to double in the 400 and she said no... Cause Syd is there full time now.

[@francescostano4445]

@@ThaSpeedsterZ McLaughlin ran only 2 times faster than Bol's best time. What are you talking about?

[@nunoclingtoncosta9581]

I love Bol. Its a shame trying to put her has a simple internet champion, she deserves more... Sidney has almost 1 second more than Bol, has beat the world record four times in a year, she gave a new standard in the distance twice (first above 52, second above 51) what we are comparing on? I do not understand the comparison between these two lovely athletes. BOL is Brilliant but Sidney is from other planet, that its the reality. Let them do it their owns way.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Bol is already faster on the flat 400. Bol's indoor World Record is worth 1272 IAF points, and McLaughlins PB on the flat gives 1257 IAF points. On the hurdles though you should remember that Bol only started in 2019 (!) while mcLaughlin started on the hurdles in 2016. So McLaughlin had a large headstart. Nevertheless Bol got a bronze medal in Tokio in 2021, with only 2 (!) years of experience. That is completely ridiculous... Furthermore, McLaughlin won that final with a then World Record of 51.46, which she ran 5 years after starting on the hurdles in 2016. However in 2023 Bol ran a 51.45 in London, which would have won gold in Tokyo, and she did this only 4 years after starting on the hurdles. In other words: McLaughlin and Bol are on quite similar development curves (and if anything Bol seems to be developing a bit faster), but Bol started 3 years later in time. What the current status is is completely unclear, Bol has continued to make strong progress over the last 1.5 year, while McLaughlin has more or less disappeared... And nobody knows what she is going to do...

[@markus9415]

"BOL is Brilliant but Sidney is from other planet, that its the reality." You mean Bol is clean and Syndey isn't? It's clear as day ( Physical traits and lookup her coach Bob Kersee ) People are so gullible.

[@nunoclingtoncosta9581]

Go and train. Maybe you start to gain some respect. Looser.

[@nunoclingtoncosta9581]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 ...hummm, ok.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 What an illiterate track follower. Every race is different. I think you must start quoting Bold disastrous Parisian time 1t the age of 24 to highlight are regression and she has continuously run terrible times post Paris... It is only an illiterate that will compare different tracks, different conditions and different years as some sort of measure of who is better. There is no twisted stats that can ever give bOL superiority over Sydney. The stats that matter is what did they run on the same track , in the same conditions. Again you are illiterate and just a sad foolish fan. Sydney consistently in the same situations under the same pressures and track , does not allow Bol exist in the frame when they run. Bol is always 10 meters behind. You can not be that good and consistently prove you are that bad!

[@THE_HMRC]

The fact that none of these people who are hyping Bol would be hyping Sydney like this had Sydney come second or third to Bol ALL THE TIME....speaks volumes about the people who hype Bol. The ONLY time Americans hype athletes who come in second is when that athlete is white in a predominantly non-white sport (the short distances: 100-400m distance and hurdles). Bol is awesome She just so happen to be in an era where the GREATEST 400M HURDLER OF ALL TIME is in also. Sydney is the female version of the greatest MALE 400m hurdler of all time, which probably none of you ever heard of: EDWIN MOSES. This great (unheralded) American hurdler won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times....Guess what? No one about all the great hurdlers that came SECOND to Moses during his 10 year undefeated reign. Had Bol been non-white, the only hype she'd be getting is from the native country she is from....The rest of these Bol snowflake fans would not have cared less about her....being attractive, blond, and most of all, white, gets her that international attention....as the SECOND best hurdler....

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Bla bla bla. It may be true that mrs McLaughlin is on of the greatest, however the final judgement on that can not be given untill the end of her carreer. She is only 24 and a lot can happen in the next 8 years or so. Your statements are premature. Reality: for now it looks like it that there is a good chance that mrs McLaughlin will later - in about 10 or 15 years or so - will be found to be the greatest untill that moment. But even then you can never know what will happen in the future.

[@FloorBoontjes-wo1hv]

Bruh you are simply delusional. Please tell me WHO said that McLaughlin comes second or third to Bol and produce a quote of that being said? I know of nobody who said such a thing.

[@THE_HMRC]

@@FloorBoontjes-wo1hv Bruh, you don't read well....I stated that if the shoe was on the other foot....Bol setting the records and Sydney was coming second ALL THE TIME TO BOL, then Sydney would NOT be getting the amount of attention that Bol is getting for coming in second or third ALL THE TIME TO SYDNEY. You another one of those Bol snowflakes?

[@FloorBoontjes-wo1hv]

@@THE_HMRC Brother, you are complaining about the obvious. Of course people will be talking about the upcoming contender who challenges the leader. That is the essence of the sport. That people talk about Bol getting closer to McLaughlin is simply because that is what keeps the sport interesting. Do you even realize that the worth of any sporter is determined by the opposition who he or she beats? If there was nobody like Bol then McLaughlin would have been so far ahead that her races and her Olympic gold would have become completely uninteresting. NB. Yes I am a fan of Femke Bol. What about it?

[@THE_HMRC]

@@FloorBoontjes-wo1hv ..."That people talk about Bol getting closer to McLaughlin is simply because that is what keeps the sport interesting. "???? Getting closer? Really? 50.95 is not close to 50.37....never even coming CLOSE to winning is not competition......As a matter of fact, Sydney INCREASED her distance from Bol by running SIX TIMES under 51 to Bol's lonely ONE TIME. And how do you reconcile 'Bol getting closer to McLaughlin' when each, successive race, McLaughlin won by BIGGER DISTANCES in each of their races against each other??

[@constanted6668]

What is the idea of Sydney not running much in 2023? Is she injured? I just don’t get the entire season. There must be a story there

[@BiggReezy-165]

Why burn yourself out in a non Olympic year? And yes she injured her knee while training.

[@QuamfyMarc]

​@@BiggReezy-165Or not fit enough to beat Paulino at 400m Worlds and come with minor injury.

[@EaEnkiSumer]

this is why many prefer Bol, Sidney is Black 🤗

[@playonkorg]

That should be the answer, logical..................

[@EaEnkiSumer]

@@playonkorg So it's more stupidity than intelligence 🤔

[@markus9415]

Lol. What a loads of bull. People like fair sporters. That's the difference.

[@EaEnkiSumer]

​@@markus9415not recognizing the superiority and making up any excuse to say that FB is better, excuse me for asking some questions🤔

[@markus9415]

@@EaEnkiSumer "Not recognizing the superiority" Wait what? You mean PED's? Yes PED's work best with the best.. Smh. How people can be so gullible is beyond me..

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Only 2 athletes ever broke the 47 second barrier (on the 400 flat outdoor): Marita Koch (47.60) and Jarmila Kratochvilova (47.99)... Now this mrs Kratochvilova was also the holder of the WR indoor that Femke Bol just bested for the 3d time, and this time with 0.42 seconds. Need I say more?

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Please don't your showing your ignorance 😂😂😂

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@Joyce-zl4qd Since when are simple facts "ignorance"? Please explain?

[@paulstewart4195]

And I’m the indoor pocket billiards champion. Who remembers many indoor champions. Few elite athletes take it seriously. Just look who competes. Bol will be second again. As someone pointed out she is faster over 100 200 400 and hurdles. Unbeatable

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@paulstewart4195 Bro your whining is outdated by the facts.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

hahahahah. Yet you are the biggest fool on the internet, what a Bol troll. She is totally mediocre. Third place Bronze medalist. Hyping indoor races like they ever translate outdoors. We wonder why the olympics is not an indoor event. Only mediocre people churn out rubbish facts. Usain Bolt never bothered with indoor races, non of the greats care about them, only mediocre talents run them to win something.

[@slashingjw1251]

this video is the exact reason why the dislike ratio should be shown again....

[@alyshiaflamand773]

I am from Holland so I love to see Femke Bol ofcourse, but here is how I see it. Sydney is a master on the flat 400 while we don’t exactly know where Femke is as she only ran 2 outdoor 400’s. But Sydney is ‘faster’ you could say. But over the hurdles Femke has been absolutely incredible this year with I think 3/4 times under 52 seconds. Yeah Sydney we don’t know about her hurdling cause her last race was in August 2022 where she ran 51,68 and the race before 50,68. So at this moment Femke is the absolute best. Cause we have know idea where Sydney is cause she almost doesn’t compete. And maybe if Sydney comes back she drops an incredible time but then she has to race more.

[@alyshiaflamand773]

and yes I know what her best time is and that Femke is 0,77 seconds away from that. But it’s a WR for a reason nobody knows if she can run that again

[@francescostano4445]

Bol ran 49.26 indoor and other 2 times under 50. So outdoor it's easy under 49

[@alyshiaflamand773]

@@francescostano4445 yeah I think if she would’ve competed at 400m outdoor more she could easily have gone under 49. But she didn’t just yet

[@Bruin4Life]

How can Femke be the best when she hasn’t beaten any of Sydney’s best times? Sydney was injured for part of the past season and followed her coach’s decision to rest and heal for the rest of the season instead of possibly suffering a worse injury. I know that it took me almost 6 months to recover from a pulled hamstring at 25, and I had never experienced anything worse than a sprained ankle in high school and college before that injury.

[@alyshiaflamand773]

@@Bruin4Life yeah I know, it’s a good decision cause we wouldn’t like to see here have an even worse injury. So I don’t blame her for not racing but this way we don’t know where she is in the hurdles at this moment. So now/in 2023 Femke was the best over hurdles

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Sydney won already!!! Bol has to beat her Record...dummy

[@johnhaynes9688]

This is just the hype to build up a race between Sydney and Femke. They probably won’t face each other this coming season until the Olympic Games. Sydney will run every event from the 100m to the 400m and probably won’t run the 400ih until 2 months before the Olympics. She’ll log 3 maybe 4 for races, break her own world record and absolutely destroy Femke in the Olympic final. Femke simply doesn’t have the foot speed to compete with Sydney and Bobby Kersee has taught Sydney how to “run” the hurdles and not just “jump” over them. This was the reason she lost to Dalilah Muhammad. If you go back and watch those races where Dalilah set and broke the world record, you’ll notice how poor Sydney’s hurdling technique was. Fast forward to 2022 World Championships her technique was flawless. Femke is going to have to at least threaten the world record between now and the Olympic Games for this to be a relevant conversation.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Femke doesn't NEED the footspeed, because she has the LEG-LENGTH. And that leglength gives her a more economic and efficient less powerbased stride, which will pay off on the last 100m to the finish.

[@WatchelBasilio]

Sydney

[@hremdldw]

The World Record holder 50.67

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Bol: 36 effortless (always 10 to 15 meter lead) WINS in a ROW in 2023 and 2024 + 4 world Championships + 3 World records (+2 on minor events). McLaughlin in 2023 and 2024: 5 races on the 400 flat. Of which 1 lost to Paulino...

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Hardly competing? Sounds suspicious to me.

[@docsmithdc]

The only way Bol can beat Sydney without PEDs is if Sydney is sick or falls down.There is no battle .

[@angelobraam6157]

whahahahahahahhahaha we will see

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

Femke is still so young, and she doesn't have to thank anyone if that person isn't there. And that other person will only get slower and Femke will only get faster. But we'll see, I hope in Paris..

[@docsmithdc]

@@donaldotrumpie8067 They're both young.Sydney is faster,stronger and more technically better than that other person.I ran the event in university.

[@davidzuk4894]

@@angelobraam6157 We have seen. Watch the videos of their head to head competitions. Not even close.

[@zzzzzzz9077]

​@@davidzuk4894sydney groupie. All I saw this yr was a winning Femke. 🤫

[@rgimerogimero3331]

I love this Bol

[@neiln62]

Maybe the one with the world record

[@mmmvt5428]

in the most perfect circumstances ever, we will know who is the fastest when they run together. For know Femke is the reigning world champion, and that’s a fact.

[@daphnelovesL]

Old news she beated again.

[@robertstewart8681]

you gotta remember, there's always a bigger fish

[@javiergomezromero5314]

Who wins?😂

[@truth8508]

Edge still goes to Sydney. Nearly 1 sec PR advantage.

[@nunoclingtoncosta9581]

I think that for Sidney is more: Who the fuck is Bol? That people in internet is talking about so much... 😂😂😂

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

McLaughlin nows very well who Bol is.

[@playonkorg]

A real professional knows every player of the game...so....you call Sydney unprofessional

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@playonkorg Oops sorry, ik dacht dat je op mijn reactie reageerde , maar ik zie dat ik niet goed gekeken heb, je reageerde op de OC..

[@playonkorg]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 dat siert je Rients, mijn antwoord op oc was een gelijke met dat van jou. Mijn reden van een reactie was de denigrerende houding van oc.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@playonkorg Yep, thanks. Ben het volledig met je eens! Heb mijn wat scherpe reactie al verwijderd... Succes! 😎👍

[@playonkorg]

You win if you are faster than the rest at that moment. Now Bol is the best, in Paris it could be Sydney again... simple, right?

[@BromMaskovic-ms4iq]

Yep, we will see what happens..

[@nunoclingtoncosta9581]

BOL never has been faster than Sidney.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@nunoclingtoncosta9581 Bol is already faster on the flat 400. Bol's indoor World Record is worth 1272 IAF points, and McLaughlins PB on the flat gives 1257 IAF points. On the hurdles though you should remember that Bol only started in 2019 (!) while mcLaughlin started on the hurdles in 2016. So McLaughlin had a large headstart. Nevertheless Bol got a bronze medal in Tokio in 2021, with only 2 (!) years of experience. That is completely ridiculous... Furthermore, McLaughlin won that final with a then World Record of 51.46, which she ran 5 years after starting on the hurdles in 2016. However in 2023 Bol ran a 51.45 in London, which would have won gold in Tokyo, and she did this only 4 years after starting on the hurdles. In other words: McLaughlin and Bol are on quite similar development curves (and if anything Bol seems to be developing a bit faster), but Bol started 3 years later in time. What the current status is is completely unclear, Bol has continued to make strong progress over the last 1.5 year, while McLaughlin has more or less disappeared... And nobody knows what she is going to do...

[@playonkorg]

@@nunoclingtoncosta9581 if someone is faster then the rest, that someone is the fastest...that was Bol on that moment

[@erikloupias7642]

If Sydney McLauglin does not quickly return to her old form, Femke Bol will win gold at the Olympics Games 2024 in France.Femke will be faster than ever due to her new style of running!❤👍

[@davidzuk4894]

I think McLaughlin will only run the open 400 meters.

[@CryptoGrady]

🔥🔥

[@janpcs]

It will not happen in 2024.

[@MrGbolin]

bunch of word salad. waste of time

[@lars277]

I think Sydney's time to shine is behind her. She is married and involved with that. Femke Bol wins this match anytime going forward now.

[@efisgpr]

😂😂😂ok

[@davidzuk4894]

I think you are thinking too much. Sydney is currently being coached by the greatest sprint coach ever, Bobby Kersee. Bobby would not be coaching her if she was not focused on being the greatest female 400m and 400m H ever.

[@littlebobbystrong4143]

It will be interesting to see if the decision to sit out most of last'season's races will work for Sydney or against her.

[@davidzuk4894]

She sat out because of a knee injury and her coach did not want to aggravate it.

[@michaelmiller6878]

What do you mean who wins? McGlaughlin destroyed her the few times they’ve raced and is the current world record holder. The only reason Bol had such a successful year is because Sydney was concentrating on the 400 open all year. Not even a contest.

[@guido1111]

Where have you been the last year, its only a matter of time that Bol will be faster..

[@jimgroxx4195]

@guido1111 michaelmiller6878 has already said that this year Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was concentrating on the 400 flat. Then she got injured. So it is obvious that could she not compete in the World Championships in Budapest. It is much easier to win the gold medal when the dominator is not present.

[@Magnusfication]

​@@jimgroxx4195its even easier to claim youre fast without showing up to prove it. Sydney was the fastest in 2022. CURRENTLY Bol is the fastest. Acknowledging that fact takes nothing away from Sydney or her accomplishments.

[@jimgroxx4195]

@@Magnusfication Sydney had the World Lead in the 400m flat this year. So she was really fast. Do you think that she forgot how to hurdle? I don't think so. 😅

[@Magnusfication]

@@jimgroxx4195 i didnt say that i thought she wouldnt be fast. Maybe even faster than anyone else. But as long she doesnt participate, she cant be the fastest in that event. Its really that simple. To be able to win and be the fastest, you have to compete. Also she had a world leading time outdoor. Bol set the indoor WR which was the oldest WR in all of athletics.

[@MaríaReséndiz-c3k]

BOL 🌻🌼 !!!!

[@gizzys-bigwizzy7629]

Bol wins❤️😎🥳🙂

[@efisgpr]

In your dreams 😂

[@viking00777777]

Ok elite? Homer is more like it. Half century bs was. Epic but the mother of all exaggerations maybe ever. Today Syd had 5th WR odds says maybe 6th in gay Paris. 1 to 2 sec ahead of Bol. Bols only hope is when she races Syd isn’t there . 50 Years 😂 😅😊 lol

[@johnveerkamp1501]

it's like in the F1 THERE ARE NOW BETTER THEN THE DUTCHS

[@beneteau3312]

Click bait

[@thelawnranger184]

What a great young woman! I will see you in eternity sister!

[@hairtoss7975]

What battle? One runs and the other is always "injured".

[@efisgpr]

What battle? Sydney has ALWAYS beaten her easily. Their progressions aren't even similar. One is and has been world class at several distances for years. The other is Bol.

[@ignacedhont9816]

@@efisgpr O you mean Bol the world champion and world record holder?

[@ebm80]

Sydney reminds me of Marion Jones-Thompson.. Also absent most of the season... I hope I am wrong tough..

[@EstherLeibovitz-ul5pd]

And you know what the damage of such things is? The runners who did not win on the day because of Marion Jones Thompson's cheating did not get their carreers back when she was caught. Because their place in the limelight, their seconds of fame had been stolen from them. And their later promotion after the cheaters removal went largely unnoted. In this way everybody was a loser.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

What? LOL

[@AftonAdams]

Bol and the Dutch didn’t even get silver 🤣🤣🤣

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Nope, Bol got GOLD, Silver AND Bronze, the Gold by running down the US's 2nd best 400m runner coming from 20meters behind

[@AftonAdams]

@@rientsdijkstra4266- Yeah, and Femke Bol got ran down by US’s Sydney McLoughlin and Anna Cockrell from behind in the 400m hurdles, so Bol didn’t get gold and Bol couldn’t even get silver 🤣🤣🤣

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@AftonAdams Bol got ran down by McLaughlin, and handed the 2nd place to Cockrell by stutterstepping on the 10th hurdle. But there is a BIG DIFFERENCE. Bol won from 20 meters behind. McLaughlin and Bol started EQUAL. Where McLaughlin had the advantage that A.) she had rested her legs during the mixed relay, where Bol spent her energy getting the Gold with a 47.9 split, and B.) McLaughlin had the inside lane (which is a big tactical and psychological advantage). So your little attempt at comparisson is quite crooked and misplaced.

[@EthanWright-d4u]

@@rientsdijkstra4266- Mate, there’s really nothing more pathetic than watching grown men like yourself come up with pitiful excuses…

[@DavidTrevino-o3n]

Femke Bol - one word to describe her - phonemonial!!!

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Bol's 49.17 indoor WR is equivalent to 48.36 outdoor (both give a World Athletics resultscore of 1272), which makes Bol the shared (with Shaunae Miller Uibo) fastest woman on the 400 flat since the year 2000.

[@paulstewart4195]

More statistics bullshit. The test is on the track and Bol has never beaten McLaughlen.no where mi e and most peoples money is going in Paris. She strolled to the fastest time a few days ago. Indoor world record🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@paulstewart4195 You are out of date with your whining brother.

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

You are here lying again, rients, even though world athletics ranks Bol the 21st best 400m flat runner of all time and Sydney the 8th-------You are always using this meaningless indoor 400m records of Bol to show she is faster than Sydney which is not true--------------You will be crying when Sydney embarrasses Bol in Paris😅😅

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

@@paulstewart4195 That's all he does-----I have been going back and forth with this delusional Bol lover for a year now and all he does is come up with some gibberish statistics that mean nothing but to raise Bol's profile.😂

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@kobbieafriyie2172 Nope, I am not lying and IFF mcLaughlin manages to beat Bol I will simply congratulate (!) her and her fans, and go on with my life... Just as easy! But that is inconcievable for you, isn't it? Because you live in a world where the only possibility is that people try to destroy each other. A world where the smallest splinter of interpersonal respect is impossible. Actually I p*tty you, brother, because even IFF mcLaughlin wins in Paris, your world will still be small, cold and empty, it will change nothing for you.

[@bertbaur3066]

Dont she has to qualify for the Olympics?

[@donaldotrumpie8067]

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[@dutchsmartieYT]

What a mess😂

[@David-cv8zd]

I THINK YOUR COMMENT IS FOS.

[@rfcgong1]

A little false advert for this blog

[@monicaalexander7950]

It's all about Sydney and Wilson! LET'S GO!

[@jamalamo]

poor d sydney is hurt or the dope ist out

[@henribatrouny9270]

Femke, has no chance to beat Sydney. If Sydney is still racing the 400 m. hurdles i am sure she will break the 50 seconds barrier.

[@ignacedhont9816]

"Femke has no chance to beat Sydney". Bol has no chance because Sydney does not compete.

[@henribatrouny9270]

If Sydney competes in the 400m hurdles Femke will be eating her dust.@@ignacedhont9816

[@saintsone7877]

Especially if they invent a new pair of cheating shoes like at Tokyo.

[@johnlironix2184]

So Femke Bol ran in Tokyo in Dutch wooden clogs? 😃 The problem is that everyone used there track spikes with carbon plates. As far as know the Dutch were among the first who had them.

[@efisgpr]

​@ignacedhont9816 She is not fast enough to beat Sydney. And she never will be...

[@jamesrichardson9740]

No contest

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Yep, Bol will win!

[@EthanWright-d4u]

@@rientsdijkstra4266- How did that worked out for you 😂😂😂

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@EthanWright-d4u The hurdles final was a bit disappointing, but the mixed relay was a great win and Gold, and according to many one the most exciting races of the OG...

[@rljones312]

This will not be a rivalry, but more like Serena vs Sharapova. Sydney has already broken her OWN World Record SIX TIMES. Bol is an excellent runner, as long as it's not against SML.

[@dr.lawrencel.bradford9762]

Bol is getting better……..but Sydney is on target to go Sub-50 in the 400 Meter Hurdles and sub-48.5 in the 400 meter run. So, all this noise about Bol is unwarranted until she beats Sydney!

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

?? where did you get that information? What is your source? I'd really like to know!

[@grahambrook5014]

Femke is undoubtedly the Best, I mean how can one say otherwise as Sydney has made herself absent for most of the Season, not even venturing out to defend her World title in Budapest.

[@michaelmiller6878]

By your logic, Lebron is the best NBA player ever because Michael Jordan stopped competing? Stupid. Sydney would destroy her head to head just as she’s done in the past. We’ll see it again in Paris.

[@yiiitbiiy]

lol how can you say she's the best when she hasnt broken the record?

[@grahambrook5014]

She's been the Best in 2023, the record will come Femke's way soon enough.@@yiiitbiiy

[@grahambrook5014]

What on earth is NBA' who is Lebron? That being the case, why is the yank in hiding, she's scared of defeat, that's why. @@michaelmiller6878

[@jimgroxx4195]

Femke Bol has NEVER beaten Sydney McLaughlin. It is much easier to win the gold medal when the dominator is absent. So Bol didn't really prove that she is the best.

[@virgilius7036]

They are the same age and Sydney has always beaten Femke!

[@erikloupias7642]

Femke Bol won all international 400m hurdles compitions in 2023. And you can't say the same about Sydney, and she will have to train hard to reach that level again!🤔

[@nielsvandenbroek8700]

Bol will win when it matters the most, at the olympics

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Like she did at the last Olympics??

[@curtissmith2655]

I am American but I will pick Femke Bol over Sydney because she hasn't tried to compete against Femke Bol and Femke is in good condition running wise over Sydney. Sorry!!!

[@cerberus2654]

Hasn't tried to compete against Femke? She beat Femke everything they ran against each other.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

Nope. Femke is amazing, truly, but Sydney is way better. Sydney is the best ever

[@DexterGordon-dr8qd]

@@cerberus2654And when was this, please tell us?

[@DexterGordon-dr8qd]

@@travisjazzbo3490 Nope, Sydney is a no show. She is like a Football team that only wants to play the Super Bowl or the Final of the Champions League. But that is not how it works. To be the "best" you have to take part in the sport. Not sit at home waiting for one single race...

[@travisjazzbo3490]

@@DexterGordon-dr8qd I guess when she is fully recovered and back and crushing everyone again, you will feel better about her. Good for you little fella

[@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is]

Femke is a good clean athlete.

[@KeithPonder21]

Waste of time

[@DexterGordon-dr8qd]

Explain?

[@Bruin4Life]

In your dreams! McCloughlin has run much faster 400 on a relay. She has finished 2nd or 3 in every race where she has run against McCloughlin! We will see in Paris if they run against each other who wins!

[@Sambone702]

She is not going to run, she is going to get knocked up by a hood rat

[@QuamfyMarc]

Long long time ago. Bol likely to win this year.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

It is really laughable how you Americans cling on to things that have happend 2 to 3 years ago... Getting desperate?

[@actie-reactie]

Its time no-show-sydney starts running....and not to the church but on the track....

[@efisgpr]

Who has more WC golds? who has more Olympic golds? 😂 Femme is a no-show at the finish line...

[@EstherLeibovitz-ul5pd]

@@efisgpr Euhm.. 20 wins in 20 races on the 400 and 400 hurdles in 2023... "no show at the finish line"?? The final tally will be made up when both their carreers are over, and by who has the WR by then.

[@hermanmertens8383]

@@efisgprEyes on the past makes you blind for the future.

[@haarspeld]

I am so curious about 4 x 400 with the 4 fastest ladies of the moment, such as Femke Bol, Sydney Mclaughlin together in 1 team and then see how fast they are.

[@jollymolly2521]

Huh? Femke couldn't even make a team of the 4 fastest women of 2023. Paulino has the second fastest 400m time with Brittan Wilson and Rhasidat Adeleke both over .60 faster than Femke. Bol only had the 11th fastest time in 2023. Where do people get this idea that she's so great at the flat 400m? Do you guys even read the athlete stats at the World Athletics site?

[@johnlironix2184]

Such teams make no sense. According to the World Athletics rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality.

[@martinwebb4897]

​@@jollymolly2521possibly due to the fact that she destroyed the indoor record last season running 3 sub 50 times.

[@francescostano4445]

​@@jollymolly2521you know that's because she only focused on the 400h in 2023? You know what 49.26 indoor means? That's why people know that she is great on the flat 400. Maybe because she has always beaten athletes like Kaczmarek (who won silver at worlds and has a PB of 49.48) by at least 0.5 seconds. Obviously if you run only 2 races outdoor at the beginning of the season and only focusing on another event you can't have the best time. Also in 2022 Bol ran 50.30 indoor and then 49.44 outdoor, this year she improved to 49.26 indoor so you can imagine what she can do outdoor. That's why people consider her one of the best

[@johnlironix2184]

In 2023 Bol competed with Kaczmarek in the individual 400m only once (49.82 vs. 50.34). But it was one of Kaczmarek's slowest runs of the season. It is a huge exaggeration to say that Bol has ALWAYS beaten her by at least 0.5 seconds. For example you can compare their split times in the 4x400m relay at the last WCh.

[@thitwint2871]

🇺🇸🎉❤🏃🏻‍♂️😇🥰

[@michaelmcdonie4387]

Femke gonna get smoked bro, you need to come to terms with that. She'll probably run the 4x4 400 too. So don't bet on femke gold, she's really good.... just not good enough.

[@letmebereal]

Haha, on you bra!

[@michaelmcdonie4387]

@@letmebereal ha on me? Lol has something happened? Lol

[@michaelmcdonie4387]

@@letmebereal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelmcdonie4387]

How'd that work out for you? 🤣

[@fidelfonsecasooko3918]

Y'all playing with Sydney!!! Bol is a baby..

[@markus9415]

The difference between Bol and Mclaughlin? Simply put, anabolic steroids. Bol has CF ( cystic fibrosis ) and diabetes so i know for sure she ain't using steroids. Mclaughlin on the other hand has a coach who is famous for doping scandals ( and proven by other topsporters who were trained by the same coach ). Just like Usain bolt who has never been caught ( anyone remember Lance Armstrong? ) but his teammate did get caught. Usain wasn't clean aswell. Sponsor Nike for example has great chemists on the payroll to mask doping scandals ( just enough to get the max efficiency out of it but not to much to get caught ) Topsport will never be a fair sport unfortunately.

[@jesajabook2177]

Syd will retire soon - just before Paris 2024 - you will see 😊😊

[@michaelmiller6878]

That’s the only way Bol would win a gold. Not going to happen.

[@francescostano4445]

​@@michaelmiller6878exactly, McLaughlin will not compete so she's not a problem anymore

[@saintsone7877]

@@michaelmiller6878 You can only race who is there. If Sydney retired before Paris it is an admission she is not willing for whatever reason to compete against Bol and risk losing. If that scenario presented itself and Bol wins she is worthy champion just as Sydney was. No-one stays the best forever my friend. All champions have a used by date.

[@andyjohhs2032]

Where did you get this information from? Hell will freeze over sooner than Sydney will retire before the Paris Olympics. 😆 It is not even worth discussing.

[@Magnusfication]

​@@andyjohhs2032i guess from the same place the Sydney fanboys get their information from.

[@angelobraam6157]

dominance lolol without performing it`s a joke