“ The Dutchwoman is already leading with a huge advantage. Soon, the ninth and tenth hurdles. The fight behind her is for second place,” announced the commentators as Femke Bol took the lead in the Silesia Diamond League. And within seconds, she won the race, her 29th successive Diamond League win. But wait, that’s not it. The Dutch track and field athlete, this late in the season, just before the world championships, clocked the world lead in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.91 seconds.

Of course, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was not in the field, and she will not be in any 400m hurdles in the near future as the Olympic gold medalist in the very same discipline has chosen to focus on the 400m flat for the upcoming Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Sure indeed, it has played a big rol

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