Netherlands' Femke Bol [Source: Reuters]

Netherlands’ Femke Bol ran the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn to break one of the longest-standing world records in track and field.

Bol’s time beat the previous record of 49.59 set by Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova on March 7, 1982.

The 22-year-old claimed bronze in the 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics behind Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad.

The outdoor 400m world record is 47.60, which was set by German Marita Koch in 1985.