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Same here, unlikely that any of the Dutch team qualify, but not beyond the realm of imagination

The Dutch federation has kicked Megan de Cler out of the national team.

17 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

My predictions

 

A: Brazil and Italy. It's hard to see a dark horse, it's a pretty close pool

B: Toughest pool, Japan, USA, Serbia and Slovenia will compete for two spots. This will be really fun

C: China and Poland. The dark horse is Netherlands if the old team will back, but without Guidetti the Netherlands team isn't the same 

Guidetti used to coach the Dutch women’s team

I would be very surprised if NL were to beat SL, but stranger things have happened at sea 

My post was based on the mistaken assumption that two teams would qualify

Again a Dutch victory, after batting second. A small defeat against Sri Lanka in the third match should suffice.

And had a bloody hard time doing that, against the weakest opponent in the group.

The Dutch team batted second. 

It seems a majority of Ukrainians see things a little differently.

Referendum in Tibet and Hong Kong?

Tvorogal is currently in third position, Chasazyrovas in 8th.

36 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Speed skating already has way too many events, if anything the number of events should be reduced.

Same can  be said about Biathlon and Cross Country skiing

You are wrong. To be certain I rewatched the race. It confirmed that Verbij was 0.01 faster than Krol at 600 metres, and he is renowed for his excellent final lap. Without this incident he would have beaten Lorentzen’s time and probably even Dubreuil’s. It would have been close for first. 

Before the Summer Olympics the NOCNSF website also did not mention several qualified athletes. I mailed them about it, but got a very vague answer.

Yes, Teletekst is still hugely popular in The Netherlands. Especially page 818 with the Eredivisie scores is followed massively.

Just two Dutch athletes 

Apparently our first gold medal in a World junior champs since 1978, and only the second overall

Rather exceptional for a country with little or no wrestling tradition. We are much more a traditional Judo country.

I looked it up, Tyrone and Marcel are twins. Tyrone finished 17th in the European Youths

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Favorite athlete - Kelly Ann Fraser Pryce 

Kon zo snel niet iets beters verzinnen

14 minutes ago, MHSN said:

maybe a brother ? it's Tyrone Sterkenburg

Yes, I believe they  are brothers. Can’t claim to know much about wrestling. Jessica Blaszka won some medals for us in the past, but she ended her career after not qualifying for Tokyo

27 minutes ago, MHSN said:

@heywoodu will have a finalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. that's a bit surprising I guess. and he had a tough draw. beating Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan on his way to the final

If it’s Marcel Sterkenburg, he was third at The European Youth Champs this year