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Misunderstanding for Bloemen far from the podium

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4 years ago

February 6, 2022

Misunderstanding for Bloemen far from the podium

BEIJING, China — Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen finished 10th in the men’s 5,000 meter long track speed skating event at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.

It’s unclear if he was having a bad day, but Bloemen nodded in disappointment as he crossed the finish line.

Bloemen, a silver medalist in the discipline at the Pyeongchang Games in 2018, quietly lost his rhythm and clocked four laps over 30 seconds, including one of 32.04 seconds, the second worst of the 20 skaters present. .

The Dutch-Canadian posted a time of 6:19.11. He grabbed the provisional eighth position with two skaters to go, including Sweden’s Nils van der Poel.

Van der Poel had a great last lap and clocked 6:08.84, which is an Olympic record. He won the gold medal after taking the Olympic record from the Netherlands’ Patrick Roest, who skated the distance in a time of 6:09.31.

Roest had to settle for a silver medal while Norway’s Hallgeir Engebraaten took the bronze medal (6:09.88).

Bloemen, who was world champion at this distance in 2020, finished the event 10.27 seconds behind van der Poel and 9.23 seconds from a podium finish.

“I fully followed my game plan, I started my race very well, but I don’t know what happened. I am really confused. I don’t know what to say,” Bloemen said after the race.

Bloemen had ended an 86-year medalless drought for the Canadians when he won silver in South Korea. At the same Games, he also won the gold medal in the 10,000 meter event.

5000m ranking

1. Nils Van Der Poel (SWE) 6:08.84

2. Patrick Roest (NED) at 0.47

3. Hallgeir Engebraaten (NOR) 1.04

4. Sergei Trofimov (ROC) 1.43

5. Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 4.34

6. Alexander Rumyantsev (ROC) 6.18

7. Bart Swings (BEL) 8.06

8. Davide Ghiotto (ITA) 8.08

9. Sven Kramer (NED) 8.20

10. Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) 10.27

source: rds

Jessica Martinez

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The IOC denied the threat of disruption of the Olympics in Italy due to lack of snow

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8 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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The IOC denied the threat of disruption of the Olympics in Italy due to lack of snow

Winter Olympic Games 2026 / Photo: © NurPhoto / Contributor / NurPhoto / Gettyimages.ru

The press service of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told Match TV that there are no concerns about the lack of snow for competitions at the Olympics in Italy.

The Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy) from February 6 to 22.

— Earlier there was information that competitions at the Olympic Games in Italy may not take place due to lack of snow. How can you comment on this?

“This information is completely unfounded, as you have probably already seen from watching a number of international winter sports competitions that have recently taken place in the region. Preparations are going very well, the venues are being prepared, the athletes are looking forward to the opening ceremony on February 6,” the IOC press service told Match TV.

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

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10 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Mikhail Degtyarev said that the ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee.

— On the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tashkent, I met with the President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), member of the IOC Olympism 365 Commission, His Highness Sheikh Joan bin Hamad Al-Thani.

We discussed issues of bilateral interaction. We agreed to prepare for signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Olympic Committees of Russia and Qatar.

I am sure this will open up new opportunities for the development of sports, support for young athletes and strengthening the partnership between our countries,” Degtyarev wrote in his Telegram channel.

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

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10 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

Dinara Smolskaya / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

Belarusian biathletes Dinara Smolskaya, Anna Sola, Stepan Danilov and Anton Smolsky won the mixed relay at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Raubichi.

The athletes representing the Belarus-1 team showed a time of 1 hour 18 minutes 48 seconds (0 penalty loops + 3 additional rounds).

The Russia-1 team finished second (Anastasia Khalili, Natalia Shevchenko, Saveliy Konovalov and Kirill Bazhin; 0+7; backlog – 36.3 seconds), the Russia-2 team closed the top three (Anastasia Tomshina, Victoria Slivko, Evgeniy Sidorov, Eduard Latypov; 0+7; +1.23.6).

The next stage of the Commonwealth Cup will be held in Sochi from February 11 to 15.

Watch live broadcasts of the Commonwealth Cup races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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