‘Never seen this’: Heartbreaking moment as ‘dark day’ rocks world champs
August 20th, 2023 11:04 am
Two of the country’s most famed athletes, Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol, both fell metres from the line in separate events in Budapest on Sunday morning. Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands was so close. Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images for World Athletics.Source: AFP“I am very disappointed. This is sport, these things happen. I just had a bad moment.”The heartbreak was so much worse in the 4x400m mixed relay just minutes later when Bol stumbled and fell with the line begging — having been pressured by American Alexis Holmes.
She told the BBC: “I’m really sorry for my team. I should finish it off. I have tired legs, think I’ve had worse tired legs. It happened and it sucks big time.”American track icon Johnson said the worst part is that the Netherlands team missed out on medals altogether.“The real detrimental thing is what we just saw in those two races. You end up out of the medals completely.”Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Olympic heptathlon champion said on BBC TV: “I’m still in shock, my heart is pounding.
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