Jan Smeekens ends after this season, schaatsloopbaan. The 33-year-old sprinter Jumbo-Visma knows that he is physically no longer capable of top-level sport to b
Jan Smeekens ends after this season, schaatsloopbaan. The 33-year-old sprinter Jumbo-Visma knows that he is physically no longer capable of top-level sport to business.
The skater from the province of Overijssel celebrated his greatest triumphs in the 500 meters. He won it in 2017, in the Korean Gangneung world championships at that distance. Three years ago, he picked up in Sochi a silver in the Olympics. The time difference with the winner, Michel Mulder, it was just twelve-thousandths of a second.
Mulder ended earlier in the season, all his career. The number three in Sochi and Ronald Mulder will be long, Thursday the right to cancel the contract with the Team Reggeborgh for a year, and it goes on for at least another year.
Smeekens, it is the second skater from the team coach Jac Orie that his career is terminated. Also, Douwe de Vries, a move after this season to end his career.
The top-three in the 500 meters at the winter Olympic Games in Sochi, with links, of Jan Smeekens. (Photo: Pro-Shots).
‘ice Skating has given me a lot of brought up’ Smeekens says on the web site of the team that will be a difficult decision to make in order to stop it. “On the one hand, I have a huge love for the sport, and allowing me to make this decision supermoeilijk for me. It takes you away from something you have your whole life to be dedicated to you. Skating has given me so much time.
“I will note that my body is running out,” he continues. “To be honest with you, I have to do this season, no contest to driving without the pain. I know that I am no longer with my whole heart and soul into it you can stop it. This leaves us with the option to quit, of course, be difficult, but it may be the only option.”
in The skating season is this coming weekend, culminating in a Vessel, as in the world cup final is on the program. Smeekens know this is not the place for the World Cups, through to the national championships and only the eighth to be made.
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Date Of Update: 06 March 2020, 19:00
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn