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Two-time world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol steps up to 800m in 'next challenge'

11 October 2025

Jess Hull once called running the 800m a "fun little side quest". For two-time world champion hurdler Femke Bol though, it's just "the next challenge".

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World champion and X Games gold medal-winning freeskier Luca Harrington has been named Snow Sports New Zealand's athlete of the year for 2025
	11 Oct: World champion and X Games gold medal-winning freeskier Luca Harrington has been named Snow Sports New Zealand's athlete of the year for 2025... more

New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi
	6 Oct: New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi... more

Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year
	4 Oct: Danielle Aitchison has claimed women's T36 200 metres gold at the World Para Athletics Champs for a third straight year... more

Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy
	3 Oct: Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy... more

Danielle Aitchison has won the 100 metres T36 final at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi
	1 Oct: Danielle Aitchison has won the 100 metres T36 final at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi... more

A second medal for New Zealand at the Para Athletics World Championships in India
	30 Sep: A second medal for New Zealand at the Para Athletics World Championships in India... more

Matt Denny finishes fourth in farcical discus competition at World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo
	22 Sep: Matt Denny was one discus thrower who ended up slipping and sliding across the Tokyo National Stadium as heavy rain made the discus competition a farce.... more

For Dr Mackenzie Little, javelin bronze at the World Athletics Championships is 'icing on the cake'
	21 Sep: Mackenzie Little's second-successive World Athletics Championships bronze medal is an amazing achievement, all the more so considering she's a full-time surgical resident.... more

New Zealand is currently a staggering 5th on the medal table at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
	21 Sep: New Zealand is currently a staggering 5th on the medal table at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo... more

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Most Popular Recent Athletics News

22 Sep: Matt Denny finishes fourth in farcical discus competition at World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo +++++++++++++++++

21 Sep: New Zealand is currently a staggering 5th on the medal table at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo +++++++++

03 Oct: Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent New Zealand at the 20-26 Winter Olympics in Italy +++++++++

21 Sep: For Dr Mackenzie Little, javelin bronze at the World Athletics Championships is 'icing on the cake' +++++++++

11 Oct: Two-time world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol steps up to 800m in 'next challenge' +++++++

06 Oct: New Zealand's finished with seven medals - three gold, two silver and two bronze - at the para athletics world championships in New Delhi ++++++

30 Sep: A second medal for New Zealand at the Para Athletics World Championships in India ++++++

Athletics NewsLinks

14 Oct: Former british olympic athletics coach charged with child sex offences (BBCWorld)

8 Oct: Samoan discus star alex rose aims for olympic medal (RadioNZ)

4 Oct: Danielle aitchison claims sprint double at the world para athletics championships (RadioNZ)

1 Oct: Watch: ‘gutted’ nz sprinter misses podium by 0.001sec in 'closest race ever' (Stuff.co.nz)

29 Sep: Kiwi shot put star is a world champion again, a year after retiring (Stuff.co.nz)

23 Sep: Hollingsworth impresses in tokyo (Sydney Morning Herald)

22 Sep: New olympic calendar likely because of climate change, says sebastian coe (BBCWorld)

22 Sep: ‘it really sucks’: the good, the bad and the unfair of australia’s world athletics championships (Sydney Morning Herald)

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