Athletics-Bol breaks long-standing world indoor 400m record


FILE PHOTO Athletics - Diamond League - Lausanne - Stadium Lausanne Switzerland - August 26 2022 Netherlands Femke Bol crosses the line to win the womens 400m hurdles REUTERSArnd Wiegmann

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Lausanne - Stadium, Lausanne, Switzerland - August 26, 2022 Netherlands' Femke Bol crosses the line to win the women's 400m hurdles REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

(Reuters) - Netherlands' Femke Bol ran the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on Sunday to break one of the longest-standing world records in track and field.

Bol's time beat the previous record of 49.59 set by Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova on March 7, 1982.

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