Femke Bol is so much fun to watch. She is a great contributor to track. love the way she enjoys the sport. Happy for her success. Looking forward to the Olympics. Hope Sydney McLaughlin also makes the Olympics.
Nice overview, but a BIG ommission is that you don't mention that Bol changed her stride pattern to 14 steps between the hurdles in the winter from 2022 to 2023. This was fundamental because this was clearly the key to unlocking another level of performance... The big question we are all asking of course is: what is mcLaughlin doing?
I actually did consider this after watching a vid of her talking about it! I wasn't 100% sure though just how ergogenic this change was given her flat speed had notably improved too, but a fair consideration nonetheless haha.
@@RunnerBoi To be a bit picky I must say I also missed a view on her trainings labor. She is a very hard, dedicated and disciplined worker. But you very good emphasized the constant growth in her career, that hasn’t ended yet. Her trainer Laurent Meuwly said recently that test during last winter training pointed in the direction of increased raw speed, endurance and power. According to her changed stride pattern: that is a huge change, but necessary because with 15 steps she endend too short before the hurdles at the cost of speed. This transition was started more than a year ago and was initially meant to fully pay off not before Paris. That is the time and place to step out of my comfort zone, she recently said. Maybe you concentrated a little too much on her steady improving performances. I would have liked to have your opinion about an expected outdoor time, related to her indoor WR in Glasgow.
@@RunnerBoi Well the switch to 14 steps certainly marked a next step up in the hurdles performance, and I even think it will have had an influence on her flat 400 performance because it enabled her to start using her natural long stride in a more free and natural way...
For all clarity: SML's WR of 50.68 is otherworldly of course, however it should be kept in mind that Femke Bol only started on the hurdles in 2019, while McLaughlin started hurdling in 2016 or earlier, so when this happend in 2022 Bol had only 3 years of experience on the hurdles, while McLaughlin had more than 6 years of experience... That is a massive difference.
@@aredditor4272 Maybe, but Bol's split in the WC was 48.43 (and NOT the 48.75 that was published only months later), which is very quick also, and Bol is consistently quicker on the flat (Bol's indoor WR is worth 1272 IAF points, McLaughlins PB on the flat is worth 1257 IAF points). But split times on relays are very unreliable anyway, because on the relay the runners get a flying start as they already are making speed in the hand-over zone, before they actually cross the startline... And how much speed they already build up in that handover zone is very dependent on the way the handover goes. So relay times are really not comparable to anything. However, if we start speculating (!), I have a few other interesting speculations for you: Bol's WR on the flat indoor is 49.17, which is a whopping 0.42 seconds faster than Jarmila Kratochvilova's WR from 38 years before. But Jarmila Kratochvilova also was the last holder of the Outdoor 400m WR with a time of 47.99 before Marita Koch ran her infamous 47.60. This 47.99 by Kratochvilova also happens the only other sub 48 time on the 400 ever (!) run by a woman. However, if Bol is able to beat Kratochvilova by 0.42 indoors there should be no reason why she should not be able to do that outdoors (when they step indoor or outdoor, they remain the same athletes...), and 47.99 - 0.42 = .... right. So i think you see my point...
@@aredditor4272 Something else to think about: Just like the Eastern European women in the communist era, SML does not run outside championships and has a coach who knows about doping.
As of right now, after finishing her book tour, Syd is pushing products on Instagram. She skipped the entire indoor season and there is no word if she is currently training at all. The US Olympic trials are fast approaching, then the Olympics where she stated that she will run the flat 400. Meanwhile Femke said that she will NOT contest the individual flat 400 so in hurdles there will be no Syd/Femke showdown. The way it looks like is that the only way these two ever gonna race against each other is the 4x400 relay where a bunch of other variables will play along with them. I love both athletes, Femke being the favorite. I hope she will run a sub 51.00 this season at some point but without Sydney, she should win the 400 hurdles at the Olympics, barring some injuries.
..great video 💙💙💙💙💙 For Paris, i think Bol will run in 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay & 4x400m mixed..coz the dutch have the potential winning medals (even gold) in both 4x400m IF Bol in the team..so, Bol DEFINATELY wont run the 400m open coz the schedule from heats to finals for these 4 races is too tight. For SML, i think she just gonna go for 400m hurdles & 400m open. She wont run any of 4x400m.. So i believed the greatest showdown the world been waiting for WILL happen in 400m hurdles.. 😊😊😊
Bols 400m indoor record puts her 20th all time across the 400m which is insane for an indoor time compared to the men's the best indoor time is 108th all time.
She always looks so relaxed when she runs. There is rarely any show of exertion or strain on her face even when those around her (or behind) are gritting their teeth and showing pain in their eyes. She just runs and looks down the lane, calm and focused. I wonder how fast she will run when she really starts trying. /jk
I have been following Femke since before she became popular. She is a good sport in recognizing other people's performances. She is my favorite after Sydney whom I watched since she was in high school at the Penn Relays. Sydney went to the Olympics at the age of 16. Femke's history is to be admired. But you can only compare runners in head to head competition. Sydney's split in the World Championship was 47.8 in the 4 x 400 relay. Her pb in the flat 400 is 48.74 on her second attempt. She will improve on that since she is getting more training. She is no slouch and she has not been standing still waiting for Femke to catch her. You present a good story, but head to head is the only race that will decide who is best.
Euhm... Little fact check. We all know that mrs McLaughlin is (or at least: was) no slouch. However, relay times are not comparable to "normal" 400 times. The reason for this is that in the relay the runner has a "flying start" in the handover zone, and crosses the "startline" of her 400 leg already at speed.. Furthermore the anchorrunner does not need to hand over at the end, so she has a big advantage... Reality is that untill now McLaughlin has not shown very much on the 400 m flat. With her PB of 48.74 she is only nr.5. in the world on the combined list of IAF scores indoor and outdoor, with 1257 IAF points, versus 1272 IAF points for Femke Bol for her Indoor World Record of 49.17 which is a shared nr.1. with Shaunae Miller Uibo for her 48.36 outdoor PB. So, it is time for mrs McLaughlin to step up and start delivering some actual performances! But I am afraid that that will not happen before the Paris Olympics...
Yep, The longest straigh line you can draw anywhere in the European part of the Netherlands is no more than 200 miles or so and in most directions even less... But there are nearly 18 million people living on this little piece of land...
I love Femke, but she still has a long way to go to get to 50.68 and, like Femke, Sydney is just as young and also still on an upward trajectory. Obviously Sydney had a difficult season last year due to injury, but, if she can stay fit, it is difficult to see har getting beaten in the hurdles or on the flat, once she has gained a little more experience in that event. Either way, hopefully they can both have a great season and stay healthy, so we get to see them compete together again.
Mrs McLaughlin is still the best in the world on the 400 m Hurdles, as Bol herself readily admits at every occasion. And that 50.68 of McLaughlin which is still 0.77 below Bol's PB is fantastic of course. However, there are a few things to remember. Many people point to the fact that Bol is only a half year younger than McLaughlin. But that is not the most relevant fact here. Much more relevant is the number of years of training they have each done, and in that respect McLaughlin is much further ahead in her carreer because she started hurdling at an earlier age, and also McLaughlin switched to the 14 step stride much earlier. In that sense McLaughlin is further into her "development curve" than Bol, but that also implies that Bol has more "headroom" left for further development than McLaughlin. In that respect there are few interesting facts to point out. Bol switched to the 14 step stride (which is a big technical change, because you jump alternating lead legs) only in the winter of 2022 to 2023, yet only 7 months later, while her technique was still shaky she already ran the 3d fastest time EVER with that 51.45 in London - an improvement by 0.85 -, which by the way also was only 0.04 slower than McLaughlins 2nd best time, 51.41. Furthermore that 51.45 would have won Gold in the Tokyo Olympics... And that while she was using the 14 step only for half a year, and she still had a lot of work to do on perfecting it... So, it indeed is to be expected that mrs McLaughling is also improving and growing, but alas we have no information about that because she never races... So for as far as I can see for now any outcome is possible.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 That’s one of the most thorough and logical comparisons between Femke & Sydney that I have ever read! I agree 💯 percent! I’ll add that while Bol is laser focused on improving her speed, conditioning and form, Sydney has recently had numerous distractions…getting married, writing & promoting her book, and designing and promoting her new line of running attire.
What was said in this video that was negative towards Sydney exactly ? If it's about her not competing much outside of Olympics and Worlds, that's not negative, that's just how Sydney competed the last 3 years. I think the video certainly praises Femke more, but hey, it's a video about her ...
I'm pretty sure Klaver also got an invitation and she probably really wants to run in the Netherlands, but I'm not sure she will choose the FBK Games over the 400m Diamond League in Paris in the same weekend. It might be better for her preparation for the Olympics to run against athletes that also run the 400m flat at the Olympics. Femke will probably run her first sub49, but it's hard to predict if she'll go "all out" (to test herself) or go "conservative" (to spare herself) so close to Paris ...
Thanks so much, an Excellent video on the Huge Talent that his Femke Bol, my favourite athlete. I simply do not see anyone beating her once she gets into her stride, that includes Lance Armstrong, whoops sorry, I mean Sydney Mclaughlin.
All your note inserts over the screen are extremely frustrating. The print is too small to try to read and just covers up everything we’re looking at. I don’t like your videos at all.
she's a world champion indoors and outdoors an Olympics medalist the fastest woman in her country over the 400m/400mh the world indoor record holder for the 400m,500m the outdoor 300m hurdle world record holder and shes only 24 "LOTTA" HOPE WONT GET YOU ALL THOSE THINGS HARD WORK DETERMINATION AND BEING CONSISTENT AND BELIEVING YOU CAN DO IT WILL .
Lotta hope:... 3 World Records in a row... Last year 0.85 improvement on the Hurdles in one year and the 3d time ever.. Yeah, right, a lotta hope.. 🤡🤡🤡
what an absolute legend already
Yes...Bol is great🙂🥳😎 Look up Tanner Adams, Cole Beck, Aria Pearce and Victoria Cameron also🙂 I also like Kennedy Smith and Coby Hilton
And from how she acts and how others act around her, she seems like a great human being too.
I’m so glad for an in-depth analysis for femke bol! Seriously my favorite runner!!
Who?
@@MyFriendlyPup World Number One, Femke Bol of course.
@@MyFriendlyPup doctor Who?
@@MyFriendlyPupworlds best 400m runner and best 400m hurdler
what analysis? they talked about her...that's all...there was no 'in-depth' analysis'
Femke Bol is so much fun to watch. She is a great contributor to track. love the way she enjoys the sport. Happy for her success. Looking forward to the Olympics. Hope Sydney McLaughlin also makes the Olympics.
Really superbe summary of her career that even isn’t halfway yet.
And already a phenomenon.
Nice overview, but a BIG ommission is that you don't mention that Bol changed her stride pattern to 14 steps between the hurdles in the winter from 2022 to 2023. This was fundamental because this was clearly the key to unlocking another level of performance... The big question we are all asking of course is: what is mcLaughlin doing?
I actually did consider this after watching a vid of her talking about it! I wasn't 100% sure though just how ergogenic this change was given her flat speed had notably improved too, but a fair consideration nonetheless haha.
@@RunnerBoi To be a bit picky I must say I also missed a view on her trainings labor. She is a very hard, dedicated and disciplined worker. But you very good emphasized the constant growth in her career, that hasn’t ended yet. Her trainer Laurent Meuwly said recently that test during last winter training pointed in the direction of increased raw speed, endurance and power.
According to her changed stride pattern: that is a huge change, but necessary because with 15 steps she endend too short before the hurdles at the cost of speed. This transition was started more than a year ago and was initially meant to fully pay off not before Paris. That is the time and place to step out of my comfort zone, she recently said.
Maybe you concentrated a little too much on her steady improving performances. I would have liked to have your opinion about an expected outdoor time, related to her indoor WR in Glasgow.
You completely overlooked her 300
metres hurdles world best ( record )in Ostrava.
@@RunnerBoi Well the switch to 14 steps certainly marked a next step up in the hurdles performance, and I even think it will have had an influence on her flat 400 performance because it enabled her to start using her natural long stride in a more free and natural way...
Watch out for the beast! Can't wait for the Olympics!
Femke will run the 400meter flat at the FBK games just one month before the Paris Olympics, let's hope Lieke Klaver got an invitation, too !
Way better research than Total Running Productions.
facts
TRP used to be like this 😔
After the Olympics, you should do a recap of all the events containing the athletes you've covered
Lets go!!! Good Kid music for the montage!!!!! Great vid as always though RunnerBoi!!
I like everything about her. Nothing weird but it's a feeling~ I hope she enjoys the ride (running her career to the max). A Dutch treat~
For all clarity: SML's WR of 50.68 is otherworldly of course, however it should be kept in mind that Femke Bol only started on the hurdles in 2019, while McLaughlin started hurdling in 2016 or earlier, so when this happend in 2022 Bol had only 3 years of experience on the hurdles, while McLaughlin had more than 6 years of experience... That is a massive difference.
Something else to think about, Mclaughlin is only 6 months older than Bol, and Mclaughlin's split in her 4x400 win was also otherworldly - 47.91
@@aredditor4272 Maybe, but Bol's split in the WC was 48.43 (and NOT the 48.75 that was published only months later), which is very quick also, and Bol is consistently quicker on the flat (Bol's indoor WR is worth 1272 IAF points, McLaughlins PB on the flat is worth 1257 IAF points). But split times on relays are very unreliable anyway, because on the relay the runners get a flying start as they already are making speed in the hand-over zone, before they actually cross the startline... And how much speed they already build up in that handover zone is very dependent on the way the handover goes. So relay times are really not comparable to anything. However, if we start speculating (!), I have a few other interesting speculations for you: Bol's WR on the flat indoor is 49.17, which is a whopping 0.42 seconds faster than Jarmila Kratochvilova's WR from 38 years before. But Jarmila Kratochvilova also was the last holder of the Outdoor 400m WR with a time of 47.99 before Marita Koch ran her infamous 47.60. This 47.99 by Kratochvilova also happens the only other sub 48 time on the 400 ever (!) run by a woman. However, if Bol is able to beat Kratochvilova by 0.42 indoors there should be no reason why she should not be able to do that outdoors (when they step indoor or outdoor, they remain the same athletes...), and 47.99 - 0.42 = .... right. So i think you see my point...
@@aredditor427249.17 indoors is still far better than 49.71 outdoors with flying start
@@aredditor4272 Something else to think about: Just like the Eastern European women in the communist era, SML does not run outside championships and has a coach who knows about doping.
@@1973HenkY so you're saying Jenna Prandini is a cheater because of who coaches her.
Got it
Great video and commentary, thanks!
your videos are so good RunnerBoi
Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to the games Paris, greetings from us in Holland 🌷🌷🌷
my queen femke must be protected at all costs
Great video, Femke will only get better
great overview!!
Why is that female reporter laughing when Femke Bol fell ? (14:38) That is so not oké!
Bothered me as well. Nothing funny about it
Another top notch video! Keep them coming.
As of right now, after finishing her book tour, Syd is pushing products on Instagram. She skipped the entire indoor season and there is no word if she is currently training at all. The US Olympic trials are fast approaching, then the Olympics where she stated that she will run the flat 400. Meanwhile Femke said that she will NOT contest the individual flat 400 so in hurdles there will be no Syd/Femke showdown. The way it looks like is that the only way these two ever gonna race against each other is the 4x400 relay where a bunch of other variables will play along with them. I love both athletes, Femke being the favorite. I hope she will run a sub 51.00 this season at some point but without Sydney, she should win the 400 hurdles at the Olympics, barring some injuries.
I wish we could have seen more of Femke in action in your video instead of long list.
I am an American and love Sydney McLaughlin but, wow, Femke Bol is amazing.
Amazing girls for sport ,,, Also Modest character, i love
Hi femke,,,sweet morning And please activity ,,, kiss
The world needs to see femke bol and McLaughlin levrone on the same track in 2024
I agree but unfortunately Sidney almost never races.
..great video 💙💙💙💙💙
For Paris, i think Bol will run in 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay & 4x400m mixed..coz the dutch have the potential winning medals (even gold) in both 4x400m IF Bol in the team..so, Bol DEFINATELY wont run the 400m open coz the schedule from heats to finals for these 4 races is too tight. For SML, i think she just gonna go for 400m hurdles & 400m open. She wont run any of 4x400m..
So i believed the greatest showdown the world been waiting for WILL happen in 400m hurdles.. 😊😊😊
I hope she will have the 400m WR, i hate seeing the record of Koch in 1985...
I look at all those communist records prior to WADA as bullshit.
Unbelievable athlete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Bols 400m indoor record puts her 20th all time across the 400m which is insane for an indoor time compared to the men's the best indoor time is 108th all time.
Why would you even look at it like that.Its like comparing a car to a bicycle. INDOOR has twice as many bends .
@JohnJohn-cu7nk that's the point. Indoor times are normally slower so Bol being 20th all time over all 400m is really impressive.
14:37 that woman laughing in the background should not be allowed to comentate on races anymore such horible behaviour
Good vid but why block the racing with big pages of stats that you can't see through?
I'm guessing because of copyright issues that might otherwise pop up.
They are running in different events. The only possible match up is the 4x400 relay
She always looks so relaxed when she runs. There is rarely any show of exertion or strain on her face even when those around her (or behind) are gritting their teeth and showing pain in their eyes. She just runs and looks down the lane, calm and focused.
I wonder how fast she will run when she really starts trying.
/jk
11:59 - attempted to give herself a “high 5”... and missed.
??? Whut u smokin bro? She clapped in her hands after looking at the scoreboard while still running.
I have been following Femke since before she became popular. She is a good sport in recognizing other people's performances. She is my favorite after Sydney whom I watched since she was in high school at the Penn Relays. Sydney went to the Olympics at the age of 16. Femke's history is to be admired. But you can only compare runners in head to head competition.
Sydney's split in the World Championship was 47.8 in the 4 x 400 relay. Her pb in the flat 400 is 48.74 on her second attempt. She will improve on that since she is getting more training. She is no slouch and she has not been standing still waiting for Femke to catch her. You present a good story, but head to head is the only race that will decide who is best.
Euhm... Little fact check. We all know that mrs McLaughlin is (or at least: was) no slouch. However, relay times are not comparable to "normal" 400 times. The reason for this is that in the relay the runner has a "flying start" in the handover zone, and crosses the "startline" of her 400 leg already at speed.. Furthermore the anchorrunner does not need to hand over at the end, so she has a big advantage... Reality is that untill now McLaughlin has not shown very much on the 400 m flat. With her PB of 48.74 she is only nr.5. in the world on the combined list of IAF scores indoor and outdoor, with 1257 IAF points, versus 1272 IAF points for Femke Bol for her Indoor World Record of 49.17 which is a shared nr.1. with Shaunae Miller Uibo for her 48.36 outdoor PB. So, it is time for mrs McLaughlin to step up and start delivering some actual performances! But I am afraid that that will not happen before the Paris Olympics...
Assumptions, asssumptions, assumptions.
What is a middle distance sprinter
Run fast, looks easy.
400m 400mH
400m (the hardest one apparently) you gotta fast for a long time it just barely bridges the gate between long distance and the spirit
@@lewissteward65 400mH is harder tbh
Not a middle distance runner.
She has long legs to go over those hurdles !
Do a video on Shelly Ann Fraser pryce
The very north of the Netherlands and the very south of Belgium is a 6 hour drive. El Paso, TX to Texarkana, TX is more than 11 hours.
Yep, The longest straigh line you can draw anywhere in the European part of the Netherlands is no more than 200 miles or so and in most directions even less... But there are nearly 18 million people living on this little piece of land...
from the south of the netherlands to Paris its a 4 hour drive! so i hope many will go to support her.
I love Femke, but she still has a long way to go to get to 50.68 and, like Femke, Sydney is just as young and also still on an upward trajectory. Obviously Sydney had a difficult season last year due to injury, but, if she can stay fit, it is difficult to see har getting beaten in the hurdles or on the flat, once she has gained a little more experience in that event. Either way, hopefully they can both have a great season and stay healthy, so we get to see them compete together again.
All this years Bol has been improving more than McLaughlin, it will continue this way
Mrs McLaughlin is still the best in the world on the 400 m Hurdles, as Bol herself readily admits at every occasion. And that 50.68 of McLaughlin which is still 0.77 below Bol's PB is fantastic of course. However, there are a few things to remember. Many people point to the fact that Bol is only a half year younger than McLaughlin. But that is not the most relevant fact here. Much more relevant is the number of years of training they have each done, and in that respect McLaughlin is much further ahead in her carreer because she started hurdling at an earlier age, and also McLaughlin switched to the 14 step stride much earlier. In that sense McLaughlin is further into her "development curve" than Bol, but that also implies that Bol has more "headroom" left for further development than McLaughlin. In that respect there are few interesting facts to point out. Bol switched to the 14 step stride (which is a big technical change, because you jump alternating lead legs) only in the winter of 2022 to 2023, yet only 7 months later, while her technique was still shaky she already ran the 3d fastest time EVER with that 51.45 in London - an improvement by 0.85 -, which by the way also was only 0.04 slower than McLaughlins 2nd best time, 51.41. Furthermore that 51.45 would have won Gold in the Tokyo Olympics... And that while she was using the 14 step only for half a year, and she still had a lot of work to do on perfecting it... So, it indeed is to be expected that mrs McLaughling is also improving and growing, but alas we have no information about that because she never races... So for as far as I can see for now any outcome is possible.
@@rientsdijkstra4266Well said thats are the facts. 👍
@@rientsdijkstra4266 That’s one of the most thorough and logical comparisons between Femke & Sydney that I have ever read! I agree 💯 percent! I’ll add that while Bol is laser focused on improving her speed, conditioning and form, Sydney has recently had numerous distractions…getting married, writing & promoting her book, and designing and promoting her new line of running attire.
I honestly think Femke could surpass Sydney in the next couple of years.
Why is this so negative towards sydney mclaughlin? seems unnecessary
What was said in this video that was negative towards Sydney exactly ?
If it's about her not competing much outside of Olympics and Worlds, that's not negative, that's just how Sydney competed the last 3 years.
I think the video certainly praises Femke more, but hey, it's a video about her ...
Femke will run the 400meter flat on July 7 at the FBK games just one month before the Paris Olympics, let's hope Lieke Klaver got an invitation, too !
I'm pretty sure Klaver also got an invitation and she probably really wants to run in the Netherlands, but I'm not sure she will choose the FBK Games over the 400m Diamond League in Paris in the same weekend. It might be better for her preparation for the Olympics to run against athletes that also run the 400m flat at the Olympics.
Femke will probably run her first sub49, but it's hard to predict if she'll go "all out" (to test herself) or go "conservative" (to spare herself) so close to Paris ...
100$ says she never cheated 🙌
Thanks so much, an Excellent video on the Huge Talent that his Femke Bol, my favourite athlete. I simply do not see anyone beating her once she gets into her stride, that includes Lance Armstrong, whoops sorry, I mean Sydney Mclaughlin.
What a cheap shot.
Everyone is on steroids. That's the sport.
@@hippie_4762 & that is utter Nonsense!
ohh she be running from her opps in ohio m'kay
All your note inserts over the screen are extremely frustrating. The print is too small to try to read and just covers up everything we’re looking at. I don’t like your videos at all.
Then don't watch.
All I'm thinking of is I want to play tag with her :D .. only problem is after 400M she'll be there waiting for 30 seconds and i'm dead hahah
toutes tes incrusts, c'est carrément irrespectueux
We tried a drinking game by taking a drink every time you say actually as a mindless filler word in a video. Nobody has made it to the end yet.
first
She is the latest Matt Bolling. Lotta hope....and that's about it
she's a world champion indoors and outdoors an Olympics medalist the fastest woman in her country over the 400m/400mh the world indoor record holder for the 400m,500m the outdoor 300m hurdle world record holder and shes only 24 "LOTTA" HOPE WONT GET YOU ALL THOSE THINGS HARD WORK DETERMINATION AND BEING CONSISTENT AND BELIEVING YOU CAN DO IT WILL .
Lotta hope:... 3 World Records in a row... Last year 0.85 improvement on the Hurdles in one year and the 3d time ever.. Yeah, right, a lotta hope.. 🤡🤡🤡
The Rise of the Nordics continues
bestie she’s dutch
Wtf? 😂
@@chipsandgravy4387 Nazis like to claim every white athlete who's decent
@@chipsandgravy4387 *nordics + netherlands
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