Why can’t Netherlands stay standing??

50m? Try 5m, even less for Bol. Like 5 feet 🤦‍♂️

Lol yeah I didn’t want someone to get mad at me and be like “actually it was 10m not 5”

It was hilarious close to the line though

If she had held on to win she would have broken the WR. So she just missed out on $45k in earnings by falling so close to the finish. In reality, she might win the 400m Hurdles so that number could have been $115k. Man that sux.

Think how bad her three teammates feel, none of them are going to be in line for big prize money elsewhere in the meet.

It’s not strictly Femke’s fault though. If someone else had simply run 1 second faster then maybe she would have finished in 1st

Dutch fold under pressure. It's a national trait.

The Dutch soccer team has the lowest win percentage at penalty shootouts of any major nation.

Dutch have always had to use drink to steady their nerves. That is where the expression 'Dutch courage' comes from.

She was elbowing Tsegay so it's karma

But both are on peds

I don’t think Femke is on anything but Sifan is

It's because they're used to either riding bicycles everywhere or taking boats down canals. They're genetically suited for cycling or rowing.

In all seriousness, I think Bol wasn't expecting to get passed and maybe thought about leaning, but botched it. It looks like Sifan was throwing bows to try to hold the lead and wound up getting some karma thrown back her way.

They both put too much attention on their opponents and lost concentration. Suddenly the finish line wasn't coming fast enough but their opponents were and they panicked.

Good take. I haven't seen anything like this before.

I think you mean stay upright. Staying standing without moving woykd ve 9f little use in track.

From this point forward, they need to listen to "I'm Still Standing" from Elton John before every race. Inspirational music.

Me neither! Each was being run down and just couldn’t seem to get their legs to move as fast as their upper body was going - and down they went. Both were heavily favored women from the same small country in totally different events. I was astonished the first time it happened, but then to see it again on the same day was just one of those things that is hard to imagine could ever happen again.

Definitely a contender for GOAT coincidence in track and field. The fact that two Finnish guys named Olavi Salsola and Olavi Salonen finished in a tie to both lower the 1500 WR to 3:40.2 in 1957 is a good one too.

Because they were not paying attention to the grease spill right before the finish

Hassan stabbed her in the knee with her spikes. You can see the blood coming from her knee. She should be banned and should have been banned years ago for systemic doping.

Yes I couldn't believe Hassan falling, and then Bol too. Both great runners and competitors but it didn't go their way yesterday. Both will have wins in the future.