Etiket: Olympic Winter Games
Brabant Olympians honored: ‘Our father is so proud’
The last Olympic Brabanders returned to the Netherlands from Beijing on Monday. All athletes, including goldcrest Ireen Wüst, were honored in Amsterdam. That happened in the presence of family and…
Skier Noa Rabou (17) is counting down the days to the Winter Games in Milan
On the last day of the Winter Olympics, Noa Rabou (17) is already counting down the days to the next edition. In four years time she wants to be on…
National coach Coopmans sees Schouten take third gold | 1Limburg
Irene Schouten has won her third gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. She convincingly won the mass start part. As national coach, Jan Coopmans from Baarlo is…
Wonderful Olympic career over Ireen Wüst: ‘It has been nice’
Ireen Wüst needed a small miracle to add a fourteenth medal to her Olympic palmares. That miracle did not come on Thursday. In Beijing she managed to set the sixth…
Phenomenal Ireen Wüst is ready for the last Olympic 1000 meters
Another 1000 meters and then the Olympic skating career of Ireen Wüst is over. On Thursday she will be on the Olympic ice one more time. In her last match…
Coopmans after team pursuit: ‘Heavy disappointment’ | 1Limburg
National coach Jan Coopmans is deeply disappointed about the progress of the team pursuit in speed skating at the Olympic Games. De Baarlonaar saw the women take bronze and the…
Bronze consolation prize for national coach Coopmans at Games | 1Limburg
The Dutch skaters failed to win gold in the team pursuit during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The pursuit women, led by Jan Coopmans from Baarlo, were disappointing. The women…
Ireen Wüst has to settle for bronze on team pursuit
Ireen Wüst failed to win Olympic gold for the seventh time in her impressive career in Beijing on Tuesday. In the team pursuit, the skater from Goirle failed to reach…
Sjoukje writes a note to Lindsay van Zundert: ‘Skate what you can’
Tuesday morning a dream comes true for Lindsay van Zundert. Then she skates the short freestyle on the Olympic ice. On the way to Beijing, Lindsay received a handwritten letter…
Stiff start for national coach Coopmans at Games | 1Limburg
The Dutch women have reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games in the speed skating team pursuit. National coach Jan Coopmans from Baarlo is responsible for the team pursuit and…