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(S +) Speed ​​skating Olympic champion Nils van der Poel: "The worst scandal in this sport"

2/11/2022, 2:47:39 PM


Nils van der Poel is the star of the Beijing speed skating competitions. The Swede has already won gold twice. He not only duped the Dutch, who were otherwise so spoiled by success, on the ice.

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Long-distance dominator Nils van der Poel

Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/EPA

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