World Athletics Indoor Championships: Laviai Nielsen looking to use run behind Femke Bol as fuel for the future
BySportsbeat
Updated 03/03/2024 at 18:26 GMT
Laviai Nielsen finished fourth in the women's 400m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as Femke Bol broke the indoor world record. The Brit has had a series of near misses for podiums but is looking to take the positives. The Olympic Games will return with Paris 2024, live on Eurosport and discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com
Laviai Nielsen of Great Britain following the women's 800m semi-final during day one of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at Emirates Arena on March 1, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland
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Laviai Nielsen vowed to use the experience of racing against record breaker Femke Bol at the World Athletics Indoor Championships as fuel for her own ambitions.
Nielsen set a new personal best of 50.89 to finish fourth in the 400m, as Bol broke the indoor world record with a time of 49.17 to add further sparkle to an electric evening at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, that also saw home hero Josh Kerr clinch 3000m gold.
It was a Dutch one-two on the podium, as Bol took gold ahead of compatriot Lieke Klaver with American Alexis Holmes winning bronze, but Nielsen revealed she was taking plenty of positives despite narrowly missing out on a first individual world medal.
"I have never been in a world-record race before," she said. "It was so fast, I couldn't believe how close I was to them at the break.
"I am so proud of how I ran that race. I knew from lane two, everyone would be coming in and I just wanted to hold that inside line. There was a battle at the break but I did so well to just try and stay.
"Before the championship, I had actually never raced Femke Bol but it is just amazing to be amongst the mix of a world-class athlete like that. She is an incredible athlete and to finish only a few places behind her bodes really well.
"I am very hungry now. I think that's the third time I have finished in fourth place but that is the least painful as I honestly don't think I could have run faster than that, I left everything out there."
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