Disappointed skaters during a team pursuit at the Olympics. No medal Photo: ANP Vincent Jannink The Dutch skaters picked up a medal in the team pursuit today in addition to a medal. USA was too strong in the consolation final. The Americans won bronze. The reactions to the performance of the Dutch are particularly disappointing: “No real team”. In the …
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TeamNL still in fourth place after a day without medals at the Games
Although the Netherlands did not win any medals at Monday’s Olympics, TeamNL still sit fourth in the medal standings. Dutch athletes have so far won six gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Beijing Winter Games. On Monday, only four games contested the medals. Norway leads the standings with nine gold medals, one more than Germany and two …
Read More »Christian Bromley could consider returning to the British skeleton
Christian Bromley has refused to rule out a return to the British fold as the team calculate the cost of a disastrous run of appearances at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The four British skaters finished well despite the £6.5m funding round after the sport’s historic three-medal run in Pyeongchang in 2018. By contrast, Bromley, a former world champion and four-time …
Read More »Otter completes his life’s work after 28 years: “This is my magnum opus”
Teamwork is what Dutch short track speed skating is all about, unlike long track speed skating. In the central area of Thialf, almost no training passes every day and no work is done on the relay. The Netherlands, according to Otter’s philosophy, is simply not South Korea. “They open a new box of mattress toppers when it suits them. We …
Read More »Liu wins 500 relays, Dutch win 3000 Olympic short track relays
BEIJING (AFP) – Hungarian Liu Shuang won the Olympic gold medal in the short track 500 meters on Sunday. He went all the way and crossed the line at Capital Indore in 40.338 seconds. This is Liu’s third medal at the Beijing Olympics, having won bronze in the 1000th relay and the mixed team relay. Russian figure skater Konstantin Ivliev …
Read More »Olympic News: Lindvik loves Kobayashi’s gold on a big ramp | Olympic Games
Sign up for the Newsletter Telesport and receive the latest Olympic news daily. Lindvik keeps Kobayashi Olympic gold on the big ramp 1:57 p.m. Norwegian ski jumper Marius Lindvik won gold in the big jump at the Olympics. Lindvik, 23, prevented Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi from winning his second Olympic title in China. Kobayashi, who won gold on the small ramp …
Read More »De Nooijer new coach Nieuwland, Stavenisse chooses Magielse
December Coaches News Pim Bruins succeeds Harro Hazelaar as coach of second division Oostkapelle/Domburg. Bruins is still active at SSV ’65 in Goes, but will move there next summer. Bruinisse’s Perry Snoep will be the new coach of fourth division side Smerdiek. Snoep is still working at Nieuwdorp, but will leave the Beveland club after one season. Soufian Dooms and …
Read More »René de Nooijer working in Nieuwland
December Coaches News Pim Bruins succeeds Harro Hazelaar as coach of second division Oostkapelle/Domburg. Bruins is still active at SSV ’65 in Goes, but will move there next summer. Bruinisse’s Perry Snoep will be the new coach of fourth division side Smerdiek. Snoep is still working at Nieuwdorp, but will leave the Beveland club after one season. Soufian Dooms and …
Read More »[Marketing the Rainbow #9]: Toyota, bondgenoot vanaf 1992
Het bedrijfHet Japanse Toyota werd opgericht door Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 en heeft wereldwijd meer dan 350.000 werknemers. Het is de grootste autofabrikant op basis van de verkoop van eenheden in 2020. Toyota was qua omzet het tiende grootste bedrijf ter wereld (2019). Ze zijn de wereldmarktleider in de verkoop van hybrid voertuigen: de Prius-familie is al jaren de bestverkochte …
Read More »Chinese President Xi receives heads of state at the opening of the Games
Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the Polish, Serbian, Kazakh, Turkmen and Egyptian heads of state next week at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and World Health Organization CEO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are also on the guest list. Xi hosts a state banquet for …
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