Cornelius Kersten finished nineteenth in the 1500 meters during the Olympic Games. The skater from Heemstede clocked a time of 1.47.11. Dutchman Kjeld Nuis took gold on the king’s number of skating.
Kersten saw no development opportunities in the Netherlands and opted in 2014 to drive under the British flag. Kersten’s mother is from London. Next Friday, the North Holland skater will take action in the 1000 meters.
Olympic gold went to Nuis (1.43.11). Countryman Thomas Krol (1.43.55) took silver and Kim Min-seok (1.44.24) from South Korea skated to bronze.
