Olympic 400m ladies’s obstacles bronze medallist and globe champ Femke Bol claimed on Tuesday she will certainly miss this period’s interior private occasions, in addition to the European Championships, to prioritise her individual life.
Bol, 24, likewise won a gold medal in the 4x400m combined relay and silver in the 4x400m ladies’s relay in the Paris Games last summer season yet lost out on triumph in her recommended occasion.
“I’m training hard and preparing myself for another successful year on the track, but I also felt that I needed a bit more time away from competing,” Bol claimed on Instagram.
“Therefore I have decided to not race individually this indoor season.
“It provides me the chance to have some even more time handling whatever that has actually occurred and focus on even more points beyond the sporting activities that are essential to me,” she added.
Bol’s only indoor race this year is set to be in her home country at the European Indoor Championships held between March 6-9.
“However, I can not and do not intend to miss out on a possibility to contend at a home champion!!!” she said without mentioning the world indoors in Nanjing, China held between March 21-23.
“So I will certainly be competing in Apeldoorn at the European Indoor Championships in the relays and fortunate sufficient it’s the very first time there’s likewise a combined relay!” she included.
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