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“data-revoke =”“> Gijs Bonefaas is over 70 as Prime Minister Rutte likes to see them. Healthy, athletic, active as a volunteer in Tafeltje Dekje, kind-hearted and surrounded by a beautiful family. But this Gijs Bonefaas from ‘s-Heer Arendskerke is not the same man as the one from March of last year. Nine kilos less He was on a ventilator for …

Wednesday August 25, 2021, 9:29 a.m. UTRECHT – Dutch wheelchair basketball players created a surprise on the first day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Orange defeated the reigning Paralympic champion United States. It was 68-58. Dutch wheelchair basketball players, with Utrecht Anouk Taggenbrock in selection, made the difference in the last quarter. National coach Gertjan van der Linden’s team started …

But before that, the medals are first distributed on the Izu cycle path in the Dutch morning. Madison is on the men’s program today. A new element to the Games, also known as the driving race. The Van Schip / Havik couple are driving for the Netherlands. This is immediately the only game in which medals can be won. In …

“data-revoke =”“> According to the province of Zeeland, this additional forest is needed to meet climate goals and improve biodiversity. It is defined in the Zeeland Forest Vision. He says Zeeland will gain 425 hectares of forest by 2030. That’s more than eight hundred football fields in the new forest. Alderman Gino Depauw van Hulst and MP Anita Pijpelink planted …

Dafne Schippers in training with the Olympic track team; behind her Churandy Martina. Photo: ANP / Robin van Lonkhuijzen With bronze for Marit Bouwmeester, the number of Olympic medals for TeamNL rose to 17. We arrived in Tokyo in Olympic week two, again bursting with sport. Which Dutch will all be in action on Monday August 2? Either way, Dafne …

Off New Zealand, the search for the group of killer whales to which a baby animal belongs has been going on for days. The two- to six-month-old cub was separated from his family after a storm and washed up among rocks in Plimmerton, on the North Island near Wellington. Since then, a group of experts and volunteers have taken care …

What will Olympic night bring this time? Less than the previous nights, from a Dutch point of view. But still some currants worth opening your eyes and turning on the TV. Ranomi Kromowidjojo, for example. She will swim the final of the 50 meter freestyle at 3:37 am. Kromowidjojo is not the obvious favorite, the Olympic champion of this 2012 …

The Orange team led several times in the first quarter of the game, but ended up leading 4-3. The Netherlands seemed to put things right in the second quarter, notably thanks to two goals from Nomi Stomphorst, but a long shot from the Hungarians gave Hungary a rest with an 8-7 lead. At the start of the third quarter, the …

Hammink refers to the fact that American players do not often play together on a team and that the rules of the International Basketball Association FIBA ​​apply during the Olympic tournament. Rules substantially different from the rules of the NBA. In the NBA, for example, a step can be taken before the dribble, but according to FIBA ​​rules this is …

Even before Mathieu van der Poel’s Olympic debut, there is already a lot to do for Dutch sports fans. Arno Kamminga is the first Dutchman to have a chance to win a medal on day three of the Olympic Games. At 4:12 a.m., the swimmer will compete in the 100-meter butterfly with Olympic champion Adam Peaty, among others. If you …