It means that our pair will miss Olympics for sure. But I am happy for your pair. They won it fair and they deserve it. It always sad to see when your own sports bodies destroys dreams.
Not religious, but I do celebrate Christmas because it's the time of excessive and delicious meals
I can't really think of any Dutch Christmas songs though, basically we hear Mariah Carey and WHAM! half the day and a collection of others the other half of the day
Check Post 2 on this thread (and those of all other winter sports) to see a compilation of results from this first part of the World Cup season. Coming in January: Olympic rosters!
The Technical director of the Dutch Olympic Committee has, using his discretionary powers, decided to include them in the team. He cites “extra-ordinary circumstances”, but has not stated what they are. The use of these powers is quite rare. They were used in 2022 to nominate an alpine-skier.