Olympic star Femke Bol switches from 400m hurdles to the 800 ahead of LA Games
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch track star Femke Bol, the reigning two-time 400-meter hurdles world champion, has announced she will switch events to compete in the 800 meters. The 25-year-old Bol has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 400-meter hurdles, and she ran a memorable anchor leg of the 4x400-meter mixed relay to capture gold for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics. “I’m ready for the next challenge, a new stimulus, a completely different kind of race,” Bol said in an Instagram post. “It’s
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