Femke Bol Ran 1:55.60 In Just Her 4th 800m Ever!

Femke Bol ran 1:55.60 at the Paris Diamond League to finish second behind Audrey Werro and improved her personal best by nearly two seconds, coming within 0.06 of Ellen van Langen's 1992 Dutch national record, and validating one of the most ambitious event switches in track in recent memory.

It was only her fourth 800m race ever. Her third outdoor.

Her full history at the distance is short: 1:59.07 indoors in February, 1:57.41 in Hengelo, 1:57.13 in Ostrava, and now 1:55.60 in Paris. Four races, three personal bests, and a finish that puts her third on the world leaderboard for 2026 behind only Werro and Keely Hodgkinson.

In this video, we break down what's actually happening with the Bol transition. Why the switch from the 400m hurdles — where she had essentially no competition with Sydney McLaughlin out — looked aggressive on paper and now looks prescient. How the Anaïs Bourgoin battle through the final 230 meters likely helped Bol run faster than she would have solo, when in previous races at that point she had been gapped and dropped off the pace. And what 1:55.60 in her fourth race actually projects to over the next two-and-a-half years heading toward LA28.

Take this interview on-the-go in podcast form:

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