Many Olympians don’t, Ireen Wüst, Kjeld Nuis and Jutta Leerdam do in action at NK Sprint | To skate

sport">Ireen Wüst, Kjeld Nuis and Michelle de Jong of Reggeborgh do participate in the sprint championships. Jutta Leerdam is also there. The 23-year-old sprinter from Worldstream-Corendon defends her title at the NK Sprint. Marcel Bosker is registered at the NK all-round. He is the only Olympic participant of Jumbo-Visma who will take action during the NK Allround.

sport">Wüst and Nuis let it be known that they would like to ride the tournament as good training for the Games, even though they have just had a tough training period. Michelle de Jong hopes to be able to qualify for the Sprint World Championship via the NK Sprint. Teammate Femke Kok skips the Dutch National Championships and will drive a training race next Monday.

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sport">Hein Otterspeer does not defend his title at the Dutch sprint. The 33-year-old sprinter, who qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament for the 1000 meters at the Games, then suffered a groin injury. He said he has almost recovered from that, but has not yet practiced starts and is not taking the risk yet.

sport">Defending champions Patrick Roest and Antoinette de Jong are missing from the NK all-round. They are focusing on their preparation for the Games, the team reports. They are also already qualified for the World Allround Championships. The same applies to teammates Kai Verbij and Thomas Krol, who are already certain of participating in the World Sprint.

Last tickets

sport">The last tickets for the World Allround and Sprint World Championships will be distributed at the NK Allround and NK Sprint. Like Roest and Bosker, Irene Schouten and Antoinette de Jong are already certain of participating in the World Allround Championship. In addition to Krol and Verbij, Leerdam and Kok are also certain of participating in the World Sprint.

sport">The four skaters that the skating association KNSB has designated as reserves for the Olympic Games will come into action this weekend. Dai Dai N’tab will start at the NK Sprint, Beau Snellink, Melissa Wijfje and Merel Conijn will compete at the NK Allround.

sport">Wijfje, Conijn, N’tab and Snellink will fly to Beijing on 26 January. Until the first so-called technical meeting at the Winter Games, the KNSB may replace someone from the Olympic team with a reserve. After that, this is no longer possible and replacement must be accommodated within that team.

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