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Triple European Champion Femke Bol to make New Balance Indoor Grand Prix debut on Feb. 4Boston, Mass. (Jan. 30, 2023) – Triple European Champion Femke Bol will make her New Balance Indoor Grand Prix debut on Sat., Feb. 4, organizers announced today.
Making her New Balance Indoor Grand Prix debut, Femke Bol will headline the field in the women’s 500m. Bol is coming off a sensational 2022 season which saw her win European Championships titles for the Netherlands in the 400m hurdles, 400m flat and in the 4x400m relay. She also won the silver and bronze medals over 400m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2020 Olympic Games, respectively, won 400m and 4x400m silver at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships and is the third-fastest woman in history in the intermediate hurdles. The 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix will be shown live on NBC from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 4 and is a founding member of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold. The series of the best indoor athletics events around the world awards overall tour winners $10,000 and a guaranteed spot at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Applications for media credentials for the 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix are currently open and available until Friday, Jan. 27 at https://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com/meet-info/media-info/. A pre-meet press conference will be held on Friday, Feb. 3 at 11am, while another media opportunity will take place at the TRACK at new balance in the afternoon, with exact timings and athletes in attendance confirmed nearer the time. More news |