{
  "id": 1443848,
  "title": "Dutch women win 4x400m relay for fifth European gold medal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/dutch-women-win-4x400m-relay-for-fifth-european-gold-medal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:09:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/08/dutch-women-win-4x400m-relay-for-fifth-european-gold-medal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Dutch women's 4x400m relay team secured the Netherlands' fifth gold medal at the European athletics championships. Lieke Klaver and Femke Broeders-Bol, both bronze medallists in the individual 400m and 800m events respectively, were added to the team for this race. They led the British team by a significant margin on the first two legs, but the British team managed to close the gap on leg three. Broeders-Bol overtook Emily Newnham by the 300m mark and held her lead throughout the race, finishing half a second ahead in a time of 3 minutes 21.1 seconds. The Dutch men's team also won a bronze medal, their first in the 4x400m relay, with a photo finish against Belgium. This victory completed the Netherlands' most successful performance at a European athletics championships, with a total of 14 medals, including five golds.",
  "summary": "The women’s 4x400m relay team claimed the Netherlands’ fifth gold medal of the European athletics championships with a third successive...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}