Broeders-Bol returns to Ostrava for outdoor 800m debut

Two-time world 400m hurdles champion Femke Broeders-Bol will contest the first outdoor 800m of her career at the Golden Spike Ostrava – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – on 16 June.

After placing third in the 400m in Ostrava last year in 49.98, Broeders-Bol went on to retain her world 400m hurdles title in Tokyo. This year, the Dutch star has moved up to the 800m, clocking a PB of 1:59.07 indoors. Her race in Ostrava next month will mark her first outdoor race over her new distance.

World indoor 60m champion Jordan Anthony will take on US compatriot Ronnie Baker in the men’s 100m. Anthony recently clocked a PB of 9.91 in Florida, then won the 200m at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Tokyo. Baker, an Olympic finalist in 2021, has a PB of 9.83.

Other athletes announced for Ostrava include sprint star Noah Lyles, who takes on rising talent Gout Gout over 150m; 100m hurdlers Tobi Amusan, Devynne Charlton and Nadine Visser; pole vaulters Emmanouil Karalis and Katie Moon; world and Olympic high jump gold medallist Gianmarco Tamberi; 1000m hopeful Josh Hoey and European silver medallist Mohammed Attaoui, plus javelin throwers Anderson Peters and Adriana Vilagos.