"To become the best is what you strive for." Ignite ❤️‍🔥 featuring 🇳🇱 Femke Bol

[@regolith1350]

Femke is a treasure! So humble, down to earth, and with an almost childlike innocence and enthusiasm. You don't get the feeling she's just saying words that sound nice; it's clear everything she says is genuine and heartfelt.

[@DreamingEklektik]

A sweetie pie!

[@jeaniebeanie6]

Femke is so endearing, so sweet! Hard to imagine anyone not liking her. She's humble, down-to-earth, and has this adorable childlike enthusiasm that makes you want to root for her. I love how surprised she always looks when she wins, it's adorable. I've become a big fan after seeing her in Paris Olympics. She was the standout athlete for me. What a beast!

I can listen to her stories for hours, Femke is good at storytelling too.

[@Jesse-gx7mn]

Femke won Gold, Silver, and Bronze at The Paris Olympics this summer, well done Femke!

[@lasvegas4164]

As an American and a Sydney fan for the last 10 years, I also think Femke is absolutely amazing. How can anyone not appreciate her.

[@francescostano4445]

Only americans don't appreciate her

[@_MicZ_]

@@francescostano4445 Correction: a very, very tiny subset of Americans don't appreciate her. The large majority of Americans don't follow Track & Field, so they are indifferent to all athletes (but would probably prefer American athletes if asked because of patriotism). I would say that most of the actual American T&F fans would prefer Americans to win (again: patriotism), but can certainly appreciate talents from other countries (heck, the NCAA is the biggest international talent pool). Then there is a tiny group of toxic Americans online, some are overly patriotic, some suffer from the White Knight Syndrome, but most are just trolls and not T&F fans at all. By the way, that last group exists on both sides of the fence, there are some toxic Dutchies online too ...

[@francescostano4445]

@@_MicZ_ I think they are upset because Bol gets more attention than McLaughlin even without being faster

[@GetNLine]

@@francescostano4445 Most Americans don't know Femke or Sydney

[@joowsty]

so cool alyson felix is her hero because like Femke Felix also had a super fluent running style and run different compared to their fellow competitors. most opponents are super muscular and more like power runners, while both Felix and Bol look more like gazelles when they run. Go Femke go, this will be your year!

[@joncheskin]

Very intelligent and well spoken in addition to all of her other amazing talents.

[@daviddivad777]

us Dutchies are very proud of this young lady

[@RickDanner]

she is pure talent beauty and class

[@enricoc.948]

Io non sono olandese ma sono orgoglioso quanto voi nel vedere una giovane donna così umile ma tanto amabile, talentuosa, dallo stile di corsa così elegante e determinato.

[@BoldUlysses]

Who's here after the Olympics? She was one of the standout stars for sure. So proud of her that she brought home gold with her team.

[@stuarthys9879]

Bol vs McLauchlin is going to be epic at Paris. Only other race I’m so excited about is the men’s 1500

[@tanyaghosh2277]

Mens 400mH is probably going to be way tighter than the womens even! Also 800m womens will be very competitive as well as 100m Mens & 100mH womens. These are all bound to be cracking races!

[@brittking3990]

Define epic please…cuz SML beat Bol by 2 full seconds in the 400mH and by 5 full seconds in the same women’s relay. Not what I would deem “epic”.

[@stuarthys9879]

@@brittking3990 Well it wasn’t as close as I expected, but definitely an interesting race with a new WR

[@Novelcharlie1]

I wish you the best in Paris. From the United States. I have watched you and adored your tenacity and grit.

[@patrickwalsh2361]

Watching Femke compete is mind blowing!!! Congratulations Nederland!!

[@marcelvanrijn1388]

Femke is such fantastic person so down on earth even Lieke is also hopefully those lady’s had succes on the Olympics

[@dans1454]

Femke is my favourite track athlete even though I'm English. She's so pure and joyful. I was cheering her on in the Mixed relay in the Olympics

[@descendingforth]

Shes just amazing! What a wonderful person!❤️

[@Ianmundo]

Painfully cute and an absolute monster on the track 💪 winning combo 🥇

[@al6369]

Love Femke. Looking forward to watching her at the Olympics.

[@grahambrook5014]

As Femke herself would say 'AMAZING' xxx

[@homonovus6]

Grande, bella intervista, grazie.

[@vadimnigmatov8150]

Good luck Femke!❤

[@DavidTrevino-o3n]

Femke Bol is a true gem.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gawieswart4388]

Super athlete...super person😘

[@pedroeliastorreshenriquez3001]

Ella es la mejor que he visto....Dios te bendiga campeona siempre

[@wongkaihong5540]

BOL World best runner. Never give up ....❤😊

[@chappeden]

What a lovely rolemodel. Protect women sports!

[@TFD31415]

Very nice interview

[@RickDanner]

Femke reminds me of Agnetha from ABBA both beautiful both mega talented and both humble and sweet

[@CKD3332]

Great comment.

[@jessicaT12345]

love Bol!

[@otherworld11]

She's just too cute to be real

[@UrfaustAeternus]

True

[@miro3904]

Love You Femke

[@erikrichpoor1042]

Wat maak je ons trots Femke! ❤️

[@joelkevinstewart5594]

Wonderful.

[@joelkevinstewart5594]

Who are you? Who liked my comment...

[@Portugal2100]

You are amazing.

[@GeoAce777]

Dutch speak perfect English, zero captions required ☺️

[@JohnKuhles1966]

🇳🇱 ❤

[@xuan-gottfriedyang5094]

Femke Bol will be THE highlight of the games Paris 2024. The world has so a star of the sport at most one all 20 years. The last one was Carolina Klüft at the games Athens 2004

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣---Highlight?? hahaha ------- Well, if you mean by highlight, her coming second to Sydney, then you are correct.

[@francescostano4445]

​@@kobbieafriyie2172why are you so obsessed?

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

@@francescostano4445 why are you so obsessed with me?? you are a weirdo,🤣🤣🤣

[@francescostano4445]

@@kobbieafriyie2172 I am obsessed with you?

[@_MicZ_]

@@francescostano4445 Don't worry, he's just a troll. It's totally fine to be a fan of Sydney, she's an amazing athlete (like Bol), but this guy actively searches Femke Bol content only to talk trash. If you just ignore him he'll probably go elsewhere to try and get the attention he so desperately needs ...

[@erichansen3641]

"All battles are first won or lost in the mind." -- Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), Savior of France, fastest running woman who ever lived.

[@cosmicgreen]

I'm on love.

[@juliocortazar8143]

That was an epic olympic kick butting.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

You mean of the American Mixed Relay team that she singlehandedly ran down from 20 meters behind in 47.93. Yep, it was!

[@juliocortazar8143]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 Nope, I mean her specialty, 400 m relay, in which she was NOT EVEN CLOSE. Epic.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@juliocortazar8143 Yep, she butchered that one, and was far below her own level. Reason: choices... If she had wanted to have a chance against mcLaughlin she should have abstained from the Mixed Relay final. She did not make that choice and tried to force it in the hurdles final and got burnt for it. You can't do that against McLaughlin.. But on the other hand: she did get a Gold medal (+ a Bronze and a Silver)...

[@juliocortazar8143]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 You mean she chose to receive an epic kick butting from mclaughin???? Not forgetting that she had another dose int the women 4 x 400...

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@juliocortazar8143 You really need that "kick butting" stuff to prop up your little ego, don't you? But anyway, no I don't think Femke "chose" to get her butt kicked, I think she miscalculated, and I think that she and her team should do well to really analyse what went wrong... And no she did not get "another dose" in the 4x 400. It was always clear that a US ( a country with 330 million inhabitants!) has as talent pool to pick from that is so much wider that the Netherlands (18 million, or hardly 5% of the people) would never stand a chance. However did Femke get her but kicked in the womens 4x400? Nope. She new that there was NO chance to catch the Americans so she simply professionally brought home the silver: stayed behind a clutch of slower runners, and finished it of with a little sprint to the line. No butt kicking involved... However in the mixed 4x400 Femke ran a 47.93 in a tactical race, where she ran the first 200 with little arms swing (= not on full power) also waiting for a group of forerunners, and only went into overdrive on the last 100 meter to overtake her forerunners to get the Gold. McLaughlin on the other hand had a free run, and clearly gave full power to make the gap so big that Bol would have no chance to do her trademark comeback run in the anchorleg.

[@Shytot-1]

What a lovely normal woman.

[@SlothPossum]

❤

[@knine1652]

Total Babe!

[@Phi1618033]

The Dutch accent is so cute.

[@virgilius7036]

Sydney has just run the 400 in 48.75 in New York!

[@DarklordZagarna]

It's asinine that World Athletics makes it so hard for athletes to run both the 400 and 400 hurdles. Sydney and Femke would easily go 1-2 in both of them if the schedule allowed it. Men's isn't quite so clearcut but Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos would at least be serious medal contenders at a bare minimum. Swimming does a much better job of avoiding obvious scheduling conflicts like this-- that's how Phelps was able to win eight golds in one Olympics. Just set it up with 100, 400, 1500 and 10000 the first several days and 200, 800, 5000, 100(110)h, 400h the second several days! It's not that complicated!

[@ddiddles1591]

wat n lievie he❤

[@maanvis81]

What does she mean that her talent is 'on the lactic part' ? Does that mean that she is really good in running through exhaustion?

[@DexterGordon-dr8qd]

What she means that she normally is not the fastest in the first 200 meter, but then makes the difference in the second half of the race where others lose power because of the lactic acid build up in their muscles, while she can keep running better and faster, because A.) she has less lactic acid build up and also B.) because she can keep running with lactic acid in her muscles...

[@maanvis81]

@@DexterGordon-dr8qd Thanks for the explanation! I knew about lactate through a video that TeamNL made about the lactate training of Lieke Klaver and the dutch Athletics team (of TeamNL).you can find this video here: "SCHREEUWEN, KREUNEN EN HUILEN?! 😭 | Zó traint atlete Lieke Klaver 🏃‍♀ | Op weg naar Parijs" , it's in dutch with automaitc subtitles, but the auto subtitles should give an idea, and it's an awesome video. Femke Bol is also in it doing the lactate training with Lieke, I just didn't know about Femke's better "Lactate ability" :)

[@길기준-e7p]

너무 이뻐

[@billieboybuddha4238]

So lovable, but Im already so nervous for The Olympics, I have this frustrating feeling and fear that she will fall on the hurdles or something, or a disqualification on the relay

[@C.Vitalizio]

You reminded me of another great champion, El Guerrouj. I wish her not to got through what he went through to win his Olympic gold medal but sometimes those hardships can be very beneficial to an athlete and the human being they are.

[@kolohe8134]

She is a brilliant example of a woman and an inspiration to men and women

[@dcartier1692]

Will she be at Oslo and Stockholm next weeks?

[@_MicZ_]

As far as I know Stockholm is confirmed, I haven't read anything about about Oslo. (Maybe because the Oslo and Stockholm meets are a bit close to each other this year ?)

[@dcartier1692]

@@_MicZ_ great - thanks!

[@Mastermyth08]

Her first race will be Stockholm, so no Oslo.

[@Scribe127]

Good thing she can run, she is never going to win any beauty awards.

[@roberttelford745]

And you are never going to win any awards for intelligence

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Femke is a beautifull and cute young lady, something that can not be said about you. Why are you here anyway?

[@Fridembosac]

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