He broke his own record at the World Athletics Championships, but went viral for his voice: “He sounds like Mickey Mouse.”

This weekend the World Indoor Athletics Championships took place in Glasgow and the flashes remained with Femke Bol, the Dutch athlete, who broke the 400 meters record with a score of 49.17. Her broken mark was 49”24 and it belonged to her too.

She had set the first record on February 18 in Apeldoorn and exceeded a limit that had been in place since 1983. Only two weeks were to pass before she surpassed herself.

After winning the race, he approached the BBC cameras and offered his analysis of how he approached the race and his results: “It’s fantastic, it was a difficult race, I knew everyone was fast, I knew I had to be quick.”

However, what went viral was not the record, nor what he said in the interview, but his tone of voice given that users of X (formerly Twitter) said that if they listened to it with their eyes closed it was Mickey Mouse.

Since the publication of the tweet, internet users have started arguing with each other. Some laughed at the athlete’s tone and others said that what she achieved in sport is more important than the Dutch woman’s voice.

The incredible thing is that, after breaking her own record in a world athletics championship, Femke Bol went viral for the wrong reasons. The fact is that the young Dutch woman has an admirable career. In Glasgow she also won gold in the 4×400 relay and in the 400 meters hurdles at the World Outdoor Championships in Budapest the previous year.

Experts say he handles the circular run very well, thanks to the movements of the hips and the support of the feet, and has an excellent stride width. This combination makes her an athlete with an elegant style.

At the last Olympics, Tokyo 2020, he won the silver medal in the 400 meters hurdles. At 24 years old she has 12 gold medals in different tournaments. She also has four at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, three at the European Athletics Championships and one at the European Games.

At world level he obtained two yesterday and two at the Athletics World Championships. With the Paris games just around the corner, Femke Bol will be at the center of the scene and probably for her sporting exploits and not for her voice.