Women's 400m Hurdles. British Grand Prix. Diamond League. Gateshead International Stadium, UK (2021)

The cheering fans at Gateshead International Stadium were presented with the Hair-Raising Excitement of the Women’s 400 m Hurdles.
The event was scheduled to kick-off at 19:03 (local time), July 13, 2021. Gateshead International Stadium is located at Sea Level by the shore of the Tyne River in Gateshead, Great Britain. At the time of the event the Temperature was 18°C (64°F).

On that date the list of athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics had already been determined as the Tokyo Olympics Qualifying Period had ended on June 29, 2021. The Olympic Qualifying Standard is 55.40 s.

Please note, that is the standard used when athletes are not able to qualify using the World Rankings Pathway. For athletes that used the World Rankings Pathway, the AVERAGE of the BEST FIVE RESULTS of the athlete during the World Rankings Qualifying Period for the Tokyo Olympics (May 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020) was used, until, a Cap of 40 athletes was reached.

The event featured eight athletes; five of them were Tokyo-Bound:
Meghan Beesley (Great Britain) and her compatriot Jessie Knight, Femke Bol (Netherlads), Léa Sprunger (Switzerland), Janieve Russell (Jamaica), Femke Bol (Netherlands).

The remaining three athletes would not participated in the Tokyo Olympics, but, their World Ranking on the Women’s 400m Hurdles by World Athletics on July 13, 2021 was the following:

Former Texas A&M Aggie Shamier Little (USA), Ranked Number 4.

Former University of Arizona Wildcat Cara Nnenya Hailey (USA) Ranked Number 24.

Former University of Texas Longhorn Ashley Spencer (USA) Ranked Number 9. Spencer did not take the Start Line.

How it Unfolded:

Just 10 days away from the Official Start of the Tokyo Olympics, Dutch Superstar Femke Bol displayed her great moment of form as she crossed the finish line first in a time of 53:24s, about a SECOND and ½ faster than second placed Shamier Little (USA).

Glossary of Terms:

°C = degrees Celsius
°F = degrees Fahrenheit
m = meters
s = seconds
SB = Season Best
DNS = Did Not Start

The Competitors in the Women’s 400m Hurdles and their Finishing Times:

1. Femke Bol (Netherlands), 53.24s
2. Shamier Little (USA), 54.53s
3. Janieve Russell (Jamaica), 54.66s
4. Jessie Knight (Great Britain), 54.69s PB
5. Cara Nnenya Hailey (USA), 55.16s
6. Léa Sprunger (Switzerland), 55.39s
7. Meghan Beesley (Great Britain), 57.04s
Ashley Spencer (USA), DNS

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