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Speed skaters Czech-mate

February 15, 2010 | number 5 The Dutch newspaper in Olympic Vancouver

The Dutch Diane Valkenburg, Renate Groenewold and Ireen Wüst couldn’t surprise

during the women 3.000 meter speed skating event. It was the Czech favorite Mar-

tina Sáblíková who left the rest of the eld far behind. With a new track record of 

4:02.53 the 22-year-old Sáblíková won her rst gold medal. Wüst, the Olympic cha

pion in 2006, nished seventh. The silver went to the German Stephanie Beckert a

Canada’s own Clara Hughes took the bronze. Photo: AN

One day ater Sven Kramer’s victory,Canada had a reason to go wild as well.

  Alexandre Bilodeau won the frst goldmedal or Canada on home soil. Beingsecond ater his frst round, Bilodeautook all the risk in the second round, andfnished with a winning 26.75 points.Te Vancouverite Dale Begg-Smith, whoparticipates under the ag o Australia,settled or the silver medal. Photo: ANP 

Bilodeau getsthe job done

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Tere is no maple syrup, beef jerky or Nanaimo

bars in the Holland Heineken House food sec-tion. Canadians have to get used to Dutch food.o select the best dishes, Te Daily Dutch pro-moted locals Andy Rush and Doug Smith to theocial Canadian tasting team.

By Mathijs Vuister

Dish one: Potato-kale hotschpotsch with sausageDoug: “Tis ood really sticks to your ribs. I under-stand why you guys eat this during wintertime in theNetherlands. It makes you eel satisfed right away.Te only thing I’m not really ond o, are those pie-ces o bacon on the top. Tey are very crunchy. I dolike the dish, but I would like to give one suggestion

to the ches o the Holland Heineken House. Putsome vinegar on top o the hotschpotsch. It shouldtaste even better than it does now already.”

Dish two: Potato-carrot hotschpotsch withsausage

 Andy: “I defnitely like the smell o this ood. It’seven terrifc. But I don’t really understand how 

Tobias Bos, Pim Brassien, Twan Clarijs, Richard

Geeve, Marlot Hak, Paul de Lange (coordinator),

Rens Lieman, Gert-Jan Peddemors (coordinator),

Marjolein Reezigt (lay-out), Ingrid van Rooijen,

Femke van der Veen, Mathijs Vuister (editor).

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Canadians fall forDutch cuisine

ProgrammeToday

8.30 pm - De Coronas

9.45 pm - DJ Ronald

10.30pm - Nick en Simon

11.30pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

Tomorrow

9.00 am - Holland Heineken House

8.30 pm - De Coronas

9.45 pm - DJ Ronald10.30 pm - Jan Smit

11.30 pm - DJ until closing time (2.00 am)

With great show of force, Felix Loch won the

rst gold medal for Germany at the luge event.

Loch nished rst in all four runs, in an event

that was shaded by the death of the Gregorian

Nodar Kumaritashvili at the Wistler SlidingCentre last Friday. Loch’s fellow countryman

David Moeller took the silver medal, more than

half a second behind the winner. The Italian

Armin Zoeggeler nished in third place.

Gold and silver forGerman lugers

you’re able to get hotschpotsch so juicy. It loo

like you added cheese to the dish, but I don’t tait. No, I can’t really put my fnger on it. Tis ohas a lot o similarities with a dish we Canadiamake with mashed potatoes and gravy. We wouadd mushrooms to the dish. You Dutch should it some time.”

Dish 3: Te Dutch Kroket  Andy: “Wow, this tastes even better than my hschpotsch. Te only thing: it makes you eel pretty quickly. I would love to eat these krokets, bI would eat them every single day. Tey are liktreat; just eat them sometimes.”Doug: “I agree. Te flling has a good smell toTe only problem is that you guys are only here

the Olympics, so unortunately we have to see krokets go in March.”

Te nal verdict from the Canadian tasting tea(scale 1 to 10)Potato-kale hotschpotsch: 8Potato-carrot hotschpotsch: 8.5Kroket: 9

The Russian Niyaz Nabeev and the Estonian

Kaspar Kokk are not allowed to be part of the

Olympics for ve days. Pre game tests showed

that both athletes’ hemoglobin levels were to

high. The start prohibitions are designed toprotect the health of the athletes, and should

not be considered to be sanctions. Nabeev

would participate in Nordic combined event

yesterday, but wasn’t present at the race. Kokk 

is ineligible for the rst cross-country race.

No competition forNabeev and Kokk 

After the short program at the gure skating

event, it looks like China holds two aces. Shen

Xue and Zhao Hongbo are in rst place with

the world’s best score ever for their perfor-

mance. Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison are the

best Canadian pair, being in sixth place.

Chinese duo leads

After a disappointing ’08/’09 season, this

year speed skater Annette Gerritsen is

doing just ne. The 24 year old won the

Dutch national sprint championship, skated

to some good results during the world cup

and is ready for her rst Olympic event this

year: the 500 meter race.

By Femke van der Veen

It was no surprise that the girl from Ilpendam

started speed skating at a young age. Her little

brother Albert Jan and sister Anja also participa-ted in speed skating races regularly. The three have

a strong sense of family together. When Annette

doesn’t have to skate, she will observe the races

of Anja and Albert Jan. But with her career rising,

Annette is less able to see their laps on the ice .

Already at the age of twenty, Gerritsen made her

debut at the Olympics. On the Oval Lingotto in

Turin ‘06 she made two appearances but couldn’t

nish in the top ten, nishing 12th in the 500

meter and 23rd in the 1.000 meter race.

About those races, Gerritsen says today: “At that

particular moment, the 12th spot was a pretty

good result for me. I just want to forget my awful

1.000 meter race. That was one of my worst

races ever.” But now, on the biggest stage of themall, Gerritsen has learned quickly how to handle

the pressure. With several podium nishes at the

world cup, she showed she’s ready to compete

for a medal in the Richmond Olympic Oval. Next

to the 500 meter, she will participate in the 1.000

and 1.500 meter event.

Gerritsen: “I’m really looking forward to my three

races. I think these Olympics will be very well

organized. Secondly, I think Canada is a beautiful

country. I’ve been in Vancouver last year, but

unfortunately I won’t be able to see lots of the

city. I have to focus on my races. So that’s what

I’m gonna do.”

Annette Gerritsen

Moment of truth

Photo: ANP