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At the 2016 Games, TeamNL won nineteen medals. The counter is now at twenty and there will be a medal for boxer Nouchka Fontijn, already assured of bronze in the category up to 75 kilograms. In the closing days of the Games, it must become clear whether it will eventually be gold or silver. In Rio, the Netherlands won eight …

Medal or not, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has made history. She is the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics. New qualification rules Hubbard was born as a boy, but underwent gender reassignment surgery in his thirties. As a woman, she was allowed to participate in the Games, in part thanks to the new qualification rules of the …

Look here for the full schedule in Tokyo. Hockey The Dutch hockey players qualified for the semi-final against Great Britain at the Olympic Games. National coach Alyson Annan’s side came to a convincing resolution with New Zealand: 3-0. Athletics Nadine Visser rushed into the fifth fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles final at 4:50 am. Dafne Schippers failed to reach …

Look here for the full schedule in Tokyo. Athletics Nadine Visser rushed into the fifth fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles final at 4:50 am. Dafne Schippers has just reached the 200-meter semi-finals, which are scheduled for later today. Jamile Samuel retired injured. Schippers won Olympic silver five years ago in Rio. Femke Bol runs her 400-meter hurdles semi-finals, Liemarvin …

Hassan was still the fastest in her series at 4.05.17, ahead of Australian Jessica Hull (4.05.28) and American Elinor Purrier (4.05.34). She stumbled over Kenyan Edinah Jebitok on the last lap. The Dutchman quickly rushed in and gave chase. The 28-year-old Dutchman had to correct and ran for victory in the last few hundred meters. A feat. Sifan Hassan takes …

Athlete Sifan Hassan will go hunting for his first Olympic title on Monday. She runs the 5,000-meter final in the evening (2:40 p.m. Dutch time). Hopefully she will recover well from her 1,500-meter series, which she runs in the morning. Hassan becomes the first athlete to compete in three Olympic running events. Nadine Visser runs the 100-meter hurdles final at …

For the first time in 37 years, Dutch hockey players have not even reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. The Netherlands managed to hold off against Australia in the game. A 2-2 tie after four quarters resulted in a penalty shootout. The Orange missed their three shots on goal one by one and after that it was not necessary …

The Netherlands had to give in 53 seconds to the winning team of Great Britain. The American quartet finished 14 seconds behind the winner. France’s delay at the finish was 23 seconds. Kingma kicked off for the Netherlands and started strong. She came out of the water in second position and ended up forming a leading group with Great Britain, …

From lane 7 Bonevacia started strong and was the first to pass the baton to Klaver, who failed to hold onto the lead and fell back to fourth. With impressive acceleration, Bol returned to first place. Angela looked like she was on the verge of a medal, but he couldn’t stop three other men from passing him in the final …

Yokohama, Japan (AP) – When Megan Rapinoe arrived to take the penalty, she tried to stay as calm as possible for the time being. “You can take one and lose, or take one and win,” she said. “You go both ways.” It was the winner. Rapinoe turned the decisive penalty into a penalty shoot-out and the United States advanced to …