It is incomprehensible that the skating association allows these events to take place at the same time

While the long track skaters compete for the European sprint and all-round titles in Thialf, the Dutch short track championship takes place a little further away in Leeuwarden. Incomprehensible, says columnist Erben Wennemars. ‘The implicit message seems to be that short track is now big enough to be able to compete with long track sport. But is that really the case?’

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