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Dutch athlete Femke Bol (c) takes gold in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, flanked by bronze medalist Emma Zapletalova from Slovakia (l) and silver medalist Jasmine Jones from the U.S. (r). 19 Sept 2025
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Femke Bol takes 400m hurdles gold in Tokyo; Ties Sifan Hassan for all-time medal record
19 September 2025 - 14:38
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Femke Bol at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow
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Track star Femke Bol cites stress in decision to step back at European Championships
27 February 2025 - 20:14
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Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world
1 December 2024 - 19:12
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Cuba's Ellemay Tejeda attempts to spike the ball against Costa Rica's
Why is nutrition so important for top athletes?
27 August 2024 - 19:46
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Dafne Schippers at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, 2 March 2019.
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Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers announces retirement
26 September 2023 - 16:00
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Netherlands' Femke Bol celebrates after winning the women's 400m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 24, 2023.
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Femke Bol wins gold in the 400 meter hurdles in Budapest
25 August 2023 - 01:30
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Sifan Hassan falls right before the finish in the final of the 10000 meter during the first day of the world championships athletics.
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Hassan falls right before the finish and misses out on gold at the World Cup
19 August 2023 - 22:34
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Rotterdam athletics coach arrested for child sex abuse
1 April 2019 - 14:20
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Investigation launched into child sex abuse by Rotterdam coach
9 January 2019 - 12:00
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2018 European Athletics Championships Day 2 – Carolle Zahi, Dafne Schippers, Lisa Marie Kwayie
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Netherlands wins 43 medals at joint European Championships
13 August 2018 - 13:00
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Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers displeased with 200-meter silver medal
18 August 2016 - 08:16
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Record number of viewers got up early to watch Dafne Schippers run
15 August 2016 - 14:00
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Schippers first-ever Dutch woman to win gold at world championships
28 August 2015 - 15:22
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Survey: Four percent of elite Dutch athletes are doping
22 July 2015 - 13:08
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Amsterdam's athletics stadium rejected for 2016 European Championships
26 June 2015 - 17:05
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Schippers first Dutch woman to break 11-second 100 meter run
25 May 2015 - 12:50
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Groningen town in race for World Dwarf Games
6 March 2015 - 11:18
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Dutch winter sport injuries on the rise
11 February 2015 - 18:03

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