Femke Bol gives an update about training routine for 2025 season as she undergoes tests to track her progress

Femke Bol is slowly building toward the 2025 track and field season as she continues her preparations at home. The Dutch runner enjoyed a remarkable season in 2024, breaking two world records and winning three Olympic medals.

Bol shared a picture of herself undergoing breathing tests on Sunday and claimed to be ready to start the upcoming season next week. Taking to Instagram, she wrote:

"Some testing between the trainingcamps to see the progress 📈📊. One more week at home, before we’re back in the sun! 🥰."

The 24-year-old started her training in early November. From weightlifting to running the 150m sprints, she has kept fans updated on her routine as she looks better the last season's results.

Bol kicked off the last season in February 2024. In her fourth race of the season, she broke the indoor world record in the 400m short track, running 49.24s at the Dutch National Championships. She improved the record to 49.17s in the following month at the World Indoor Championships to win the gold medal.

The two-time World Champion returned to 400m hurdles in the outdoor season and became the only second woman in history to break the 51-second barrier in the discipline, clocking 50.95s at the Résisprint International. She finished third in the 400m hurdles at the Paris Olympics before anchoring the Dutch 4x400m mixed and women's relay teams to gold and silver medals, respectively.

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"It's not at all what I wanted" - Femke Bol on disappointing 400m hurdles finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Wanda Diamond League 2024 Final - Femke Bol in action - Source: Getty

Femke Bol has been backed to be the sprinter who could break Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's three-year winning streak in the 400m hurdles. She has come close at times, finishing second behind the American in the majority of the races they competed together. Notably, the Dutch runner was left reeling behind in the third position at the Paris Olympics.

McLaughlin-Levrone won the gold in a new world record time of 50.37s, while Bol shockingly crossed the finish line in third in 52.15s. Speaking in the post-race interview, the 24-year-old was visibly disappointed and said:

"It's not at all what I wanted. I still took bronze, so this is something special for me that I could defend, but, I wanted my best race but if it had been my best race, I would be happy. But this was a really, really bad race. I really got a lot of lactic and I really don't know why. But this is just really, I could not move. I could not get my strides right in the end and it was slow, slow and slower. I don't know why."

Femke Bol had earlier clocked a blistering 50.95s a few weeks before the Olympics. She brought down the gap between her and McLaughlin-Levrone, who had a personal best of 50.65s at the time.