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Rower Van Lierop stunts with gold at European Championships, Florijn shows her class with the women

Rower Van Lierop stunts with gold at European Championships, Florijn shows her class with the women

OUR Sports•today, 1:50 p.m. Rower Lennart van Lierop caused a resounding surprise at the European Championships in Slovenian Bled by winning the European single scull title. Van Lierop dispatched Olympic champion Stefanos Ntouskos and world champion Oliver Zeidler in sensational second and third place in a thrilling race. Last year he was still in the Holland Acht, which won silver …

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Running a marathon without a shirt, is it even allowed? | Sports in Zeeland

Running a marathon without a shirt, is it even allowed?  |  Sports in Zeeland

The fact that Leendert van der Lugt, the winner of the Zeeuws-Vlaanderen Marathon, walked a large part of the course bare-chested on Saturday, surprised many spectators and athletics fans. Should this really be the case? The answer is yes’. Van der Lugt does not tolerate heat very well. That’s why he took off his jersey and the bib number on …

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The participation of Dutch boxers in the European Games is not threatened by the suspension | Other sports

The participation of Dutch boxers in the European Games is not threatened by the suspension |  Other sports

Dutch boxers no longer have to worry about missing out on their appearance at the European Games now that the international boxing federation IBA has signed the federations of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany and Sweden. suspended due to their alleged involvement with rival organization World Boxing. So says Boris van der Vorst, founder of the new union, in response …

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American Cal Fisher, a volleyball player with a fantastic arm, comes to Lycurgus in Groningen. “I could almost play volleyball before I could walk”

American Cal Fisher, a volleyball player with a fantastic arm, comes to Lycurgus in Groningen.  “I could almost play volleyball before I could walk”

American volleyball player Cal Fisher – “a boy with a fantastic arm” – will play for Samen Lycurgus in Groningen next season. With the signing of the tenth player, the Premier League squad selection is taking shape. The 24-year-old diagonal has played for Pennsylvania State University in America for the past five seasons. “My attention was drawn to Lycurgus by …

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Van de Zandschulp and the Greek track start in Paris against a qualifier

Van de Zandschulp and the Greek track start in Paris against a qualifier

Botic van de Zandschulp and Tallon Grepeer both start Roland Garros with a match against a qualifier. The qualifying tournament will run until Friday and world numbers 30 and 39 won’t hear who their opponents are until after. If Van de Zandschulp wins, he will face Serbian Dusan Lajovic or Chinese Zhang Zhizhen in the second round. The Greek track …

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After five rounds of chemotherapy and two operations, Robbie Hageman fought one last time, but camp didn’t go the way the Dutch kickboxer wanted | More sports

After five rounds of chemotherapy and two operations, Robbie Hageman fought one last time, but camp didn’t go the way the Dutch kickboxer wanted |  More sports

Two operations, 28 radiotherapy treatments and five chemotherapy treatments. Dutch kickboxer Robbie Hageman (31) has been through it all, but still wanted to say goodbye in the ring. It happened Saturday night, and how. Now he moves on to the “most important fight of his life”. After his last chemotherapy, he went on vacation to Italy. “My parents think this …

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