PARIS: Olympic 400m women`s hurdles bronze medallist and world champion Femke Bol said on Tuesday she will miss this season`s indoor individual events, apart from the European Championships, to prioritise her personal life.

Bol, 24, also won a gold medal in the 4x400m mixed relay and silver in the 4x400m women`s relay in the Paris Games last summer but missed out on victory in her preferred event.

`I`m training hard and preparing myself for another successful year on the track, but I also felt that I needed a bit more time away from competing,` Bol said on Instagram.

`Therefore I have decided to not race individually this indoor season.`It gives me the opportunity to have some more time processing everything that has happened and prioritize more things outside of the sports that are important to me,` she added.

Bol`s only indoor race this year is set to be in her home country at the European Indoor Championships held between March 6-9.

`However, I cannot and do not want to miss a chance to compete at a home championship!!!` she said without mentioning the world indoors in Nanjing, China held between March 21-23.

`So I will be racing in Apeldoorn at the European Indoor Championships in the relays and lucky enough it`s the first time there`s also a mixed relay!` she added.-AFP