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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…
All girls want to become the new Ireen Wüst: ‘Our skating club is full’
The skating training in Tilburg will be stopped for a while before the competition of Ireen Wüst, Irene Schouten and Antoinette de Jong in the team pursuit in Beijing. The…
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…
This is the main prize Ireen Wüst is still going for
The term legendary pales in comparison to the Olympic achievements Ireen Wüst has achieved in recent years: six gold medals. But she also evokes a lot of respect by living…
Worldwide compliments for golden Ireen Wüst: ‘Incredible!’
From New York to Beijing; everywhere the sports world is short of superlatives for the phenomenal and unique performance of Ireen Wüst. She took gold again in the 1500 meters…
Phenomenal Ireen Wüst takes gold at 1500 meters
Ireen Wüst won gold in the 1500 meters during the Winter Olympics on Monday morning. The 35-year-old skater from Goirle set a sharp time in the twelfth stage to which…