Rani Rosius has improved her PR on the 100 meters by 4 hundredths at the IFAM meeting in Oordegem. “I dare not say where this ends,” she responded. Femke Bol was the surprise of the afternoon and clocked a best world performance in the 400 meters hurdles.
Rani Rosius has got the hang of it. 10 days ago she ran a personal record at 11″24 in the 100 meters, in Oordegem she went 4 hundredths faster.
“I didn’t expect it”, she responded after her 11″20. “I had a pain during training.”
“I’ve often wondered where my progression will stop, but now I’m afraid to say where it ends.”
Rosius testified how she had a carefree winter, an explanation for her progress.
Although she says she was deep in October. “I don’t want to say anything about it, but luckily I was able to finish my workouts. That was the only reason I got out of bed.”
I did not expect this.
On the 800 meters, Camille Laus crushed her PR to 2’01″99. Laus no longer focuses exclusively on the 400 meters and the switch program of the 800 meters is a success.
She can now call herself the eighth Belgian of all time at her new distance. The World Cup limit is 1’59″80, but Laus has a chance to go through the ranking.
“It’s not true? That can’t be?” was Laus’ reaction when she learned that her chrono had been adjusted from 2’02″25 to 2’01″99.
“This gives a lot of confidence and indicates that I am on the right track in my new discipline.”
Beautiful debut by Femke Bol
The organization in Oordegem came up with Femke Bol at the last minute. The Dutch whopper immediately recorded a best world year performance in the 400 meters hurdles in 53″12.
“My coach wanted a first game of the season without too many spotlights,” she said afterwards about the secrecy surrounding her arrival at Oordegem.
“Here I could prepare myself in peace for the Diamond Leagues of the coming weeks. And of course it remains Belgium, my friend’s country.” Bol is together with pole vaulter Ben Broeders, who came to encourage her on Saturday.
