Short track speed skater Itzhak de Laat lost a gold medal at the Olympic Games. This weekend he will be back on the ice during the World Cup in Canada

Corona? Itzhak de Laat is one of the few lucky people, thinks the Leeuwarder himself. The infamous virus has been around for more than two years, but it has still not caught the 27-year-old short tracker. It’s about the only thing that feels good, he says. ,,I hope”, says De Laat on the eve of the World Cup in Canada, ,,that this was the deepest trough of my sports career.”