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Thanks for all your insights in these junior/youth tournaments. How do you keep up to date? Do you have any specific information sources? I've personally been following some of the Dutch 'Talent Teams', so I knew some of the names in this tournament from their good showing in the EYOF 2017 in Gyor. But I find it pretty hard still to place their performances in perspective without knowing their competitors.

Another young medal winner! 16yo Mark Heiden takes the silver in 110m hurdles! It's far too early to tell who will be succesful in the end, but it will be fun to see this generation of 16-18 year olds develop. Could be a very solid group for the Dutch.

Wonder what Hassan is gonna show in the 5K tomorrow. She has been in excellent shape. Was also very impressed by Laura Muir in the 1500m again.

Gold for Onyema Adigida in the 200m (M)! And silver for Robin van Riel in the 3000m (M), with his younger brother in 5th place! Already a better result for the Dutch than the U23 tournament, with more than a full day to go. Exciting!

Buchmann, Pinot, Kruijswijk and Alaphilippe all looked incredibly strong today. Amazing stage!

Aww, Sedney barely missed the 200M finals. She's only 17 and it's her first tournament since a hamstring injury as well, so her chances will hopefully come still! Sven Jansons is going strong in the decathlon, might be a medal contender! Would be surprise to me. I thought the slightly older Rafael Raap and Rudy de Wolff were the more talented Dutch decathletes.

Following @hckosice example, here's an overview of the Dutch team: Netherlands Handball Women's team (15 players) Judo Laurens Wilms (-55kg) Niels Thijssen (-66kg) Jelle van Teijlingen (-73kg) Ian van Herk (-81kg) Axel Heeren (-90kg) Joshlyn Supusepa (-44kg) Indy Godschalk (-48kg) Elin Henninger (-52kg) Alexe Wagemaker (-57kg) Joanne van Lieshout (-63kg) Yael van Heemst (-70kg) Carmen Dijkstra (+70kg) Gymnastics Martijn de Veer Lisa van Roozen Marit Reijnders Zenna van der Lubbe Wrestling Bredi Slinkers (-60kg) Swimming Tim Korstanje (50m free, 100m free, 100m butterfly) Anna van Droffelaar (50m free, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 4x100m free, 4x100m medley) Sterre Hendriks (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 4x100m free, 4x100m medley) Janna van Kooten (100m free, 200m free, 400m free, 4x100m free) Ismay Lichtendonk (100m back, 200m back, 4x100m medley) Milou van Wijk (50m free, 100m free, 100m back, 4x100m free, 4x100m medley) Total: 38 athletes I don't really follow any of these sports. All I can say is Tim Korstanje is probably the younger brother of the talented Nyls Korstanje who won gold (50m free) and silver (100m free) at EYOF 2015 (Tbilisi).

Gold for Alida van Daalen in Discus Throw! And silver for n'Ketia Seedo in women's 100m! A really great day for these young Dutch women, with Alida aged 17 and n'Ketia 16. Impressive display by the Italian sprinters too.

Wow I couldn't watch today's stage, but that is really something else by Alaphilippe. I had no idea he could do that. What a development it would be if he takes this jersey to Paris. And Kruijswijk having another great day too!

Yeah I really hope Van Klinken gets her revenge in shot put. I haven't seen any interviews, so no idea what went wrong. Finals seem to be going on still, but no throws come close to Van Klinken's PB. At least Van Daalen is in 3rd right now. She's at least a year younger, but probably the 2nd biggest Dutch talent in the throwing events.

Femke Bol (400m hurdles W) and Onyema Agadiga (200m M) ran great qualifiers, looking very promising. Zoe Sedney is running her 200M qualifiers now and Seedo's final is tonight. Could prove to be a good day for the Dutch.

Wow Seedo! Amazing display in the qualifier, hope she can translate it into a medal.

Thanks for the list! This helps a lot. I've been really impressed with Belgium's talent development in general. Looks like their investments in the early 2000s paid off well.

Sedney is the younger sister of Dutch sprinter Naomi Sedney. She runs the 200M and 100M Hurdles. She won gold and silver respectively in these events at the U18 Euros in Gyor last year. Van Daalen is the daughter of Dutch discus veteran Jacqueline Goormachtigh, who was national champion for 10 years. She won bronze in shot put and silver in discus throwing in Gyor last year. Both are probably too young to be serious medal candidates this week, but they're amazing talents for the future. Dutch broadcaster VPRO features both in a documentary series they're shooting called 'De Beloften', which roughly translates to 'The promised ones' or just 'The talents'. Edit: just noticed there's a new thread for the U20 tournament, so I'll migrate to that thread :P

Yeah I'm looking forward to the U20s! There's some amazing talents in that squad, most notably Zoe Sedney, Nketia Seedo and Femke Bol on the track. I'm always slightly less familiar with the field events, but Alida van Daalen and Jorinde van Linden are apparently really good in the throwing events. Any German talents I should keep my eyes on in the U20 tournament?

It's a Dutch castle called Kasteel de Haar. A gorgeous place, shame I don't live in it.

Wow Jumbo is having an amazing Tour. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Kruijswijk can do in the mountains.

I put in my votes for all my favorite endurance sports. Athletics, cycling (road and mountain bike), swimming and triathlon. I've been fascinated by the inclusion of sports climbing too, it might become one of my favorites too. Next tier would be the team sports I enjoy watching: football, field hockey, volleyball.

Zonderland and Van Vleuten feel like the most obvious choices to me too. But what about Kromowidjojo? Another icon of TeamNL for the past decade in her probably last games.

Wow Anna Emelie Moller looks like one of the most talented athletes in the tournament, what a performance again! Looks like the Dutch won three medals. 2 bronze (100M men & 10.000M women) and 1 silver (400M hurdles men). Not sure if I missed something. Was hoping for a medal in the Decathlon too, but 4th, 6th and 13th is nothing to be ashamed of.

Wow looks like she destroyed the competition in the Steeple! With a pretty competitive time too. I'm not too familiar with the discipline, but sub 9:30 is WC/Olympic finals material if I remember correctly.

Great predictions for the Netherlands really. I would only add the women's football team as a medal contender. There's also some outside chances for volleyball (w), handball (w) and 3x3 basketball (m). Might be one of the surprise medals, those are always the greatest Olympic moments!

Is it just me or is there no startlist for the Decathlon? I was wondering if Dutch talent Rafael Raap is gonna be there. He is returning from a nasty injury, but he was one of our brightest athletics talents before. Hope he makes a solid return!

Ligt er vooral aan of je de sporters leuk vindt denk ik. Ze volgen 2 sporters en 2 teams in hun dagelijkse topsportleven en naar de grote wedstrijden. Dat is meestal vrij oppervlakkig, maar zitten goede interviews tussen. Ik ben zelf groot fan van Susan Krumins en mn vriendin van de Volleybal dames, dus voor ons is het altijd erg leuk. De andere sporters zijn Mathieu van der Poel en 3x3 Basketbal mannen.

Hehe, who would've thought Reddit would be good for something after all ;-)