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Teammate of Olympic champion Irene Schouten rested at the start
BEIJING – Will Jorrit Bergsma follow his teammate Irene Schouten in Beijing on Sunday? In any case, the 36-year-old top skater feels more rested than ever in the run-up to his Olympic five kilometers, after he often slept so badly for important competitions in recent years that he sometimes even went for night walks. Thanks in part to EMDR therapy, Bergsma says she no longer has rough disturbed nights. “That therapy really made a difference.”