February 22, 2010 | number 12 The Dutch newspaper in Olympic Vancouver

Wüst does it again

And again there was something to celebrate in The Holland Heineken House yes- Republic won the bronze medal. It was Wüst’s third Olympic medal. Four years ago
terday. Ireen Wüst won the gold medal in the womens’s 1.500 metres speed skating in Turin she was the best in the 3.000 metres race, and finished third in the 1.500
event. Kristina Groves of Canada finished second, Martina Sablikova of the Czech metres race. Photo: ANP

Dutch bobbers
disappoint
Edwin van Calker and Sybren Jansma
(photo) of the Netherlands failed in
their way to olympic success, finishing in
a disappointing 14th place. Germany’s
gold and silver finish in Sunday’s two-
men’s bobsled showed that the country
dominates in sliding sports. Gold-medal
compatriots Andre Lange and Kevin
Kuske repeated their Olympic success of
2006. Canada’s Lueders and Lumsden fi-
nished fifth. Photo: ANP
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Debut for ski cross,
gold for Schmid
Michael Schmid from Swizerland is the first
Olympic champion in the ski cross event. Ski
cross made its Olympic debut. In the first me-
dal event, the spectators on Cypress Mountain
saw a spectacular finish of the race. World cup
leader Schmid and world champion Andreas
Matt from Austria skied to gold and silver.
Canadian Christopher Del Bosco was in the
race for bronze, but crashed in the final meters.
Norway’s Audun Groenvold took the bronze.
U.S. defeats Canada
5-3 in men’s hockey
The hockey team of the United States beat
Canada 5-3 in a thrilling victory. The victory
was spurred by defenseman Brian Rafalski. The
Canadians controlled most of the play, passing
crisply and at high speed. But it was the Ameri-
cans who scored first, almost instantly. Sunday’s
loss left Canada with 5 points and sent it to a
qualification game against Germany on Tuesday.
Super-combined:
gold for Miller
Bode Miller finally won his first Olympic gold.
On the men’s super-combined he took his
third podium finish in three races. The 32-year-
old American, who earlier this week won
super-G silver and downhill bronze, clocked a
combined total over a downhill and slalom of
2:44.92. The Croatian Ivica Kostelic won the
silver. Swiss Silvan Zurbriggen took the bronze.
Skater Bob de Jong has
nothing to worry about
The Olympic games of Vancouver are his fourth.
Bob de Jong is the defending Olympic champi-
on. His best distance, the 10K, should become
the reward for four years of hard work. A story
about a self-willed guy, doing it ‘his way’.
By Mathijs Vuister
As a rookie, he won bronze in 1998. As the big fa-
vorite in 2002, he failed dramatically. As an outsider
in 2006, he won the gold. The book about Bob de
Jong’s Olympic adventure has many different chap-
ters.
And how about 2010? All eyes are on Sven Kramer.
He must win gold. As the current Olympic cham-
pion, De Jong has nothing to worry about. The only
thing he has to do is skate.
How different was that eight years ago. De Jong
was predicted to win gold on the 5K and 10K, but
was not able to handle all the security checks in the
Olympic village in Salt lake City. His results: 30th
and 15th.
For the Turin games, De Jong decided to make
Behind the scenes
‘I give crew members that are
homesick chocolate sprinkles’
Madeleine Maatstap is always ready for a
new adventure.The volunteer for the Hol-
land Heineken House crew catering, the
some dramatic changes. Instead of staying in the
Olympic village, he found his rest in Collalbo, a
small town in the Italian mountains. Thirteen days
later, back in Turin, he won his gold medal.
His former coach Jan de Kok knows De Jong very
well. “Bob never makes the same mistake twice. He
goes his own way, and will find out what’s the best
way himself.”
De Kok remembers one thing in particular. “Once,
he went to the barber and cut of his hair, something
terrible for his aerodynamics. He did it once, found
out that it didn’t make him go any faster, and grew
his hair back. In those little things, you can see how
much Bob lives for speed skating.”
In Vancouver, De Jong decided to get out of the
Olympic Village as well. He went to the coast of
the pacific, and worked quietly on the preparation
of his next race.
To be honest, De Jong can be as focused as he was
in Turin in 2006. And with all the lessons he has
learned, he should be able to rise once more. We
shall see if he’s the one, that can put Kramer to the
test.
were preparing the Holland Heineken House. I got
a lot of sympathy for him. I definitely hopes that he
will be here for a medal celebration.”

Programme 31-year-old from Rotterdam made a list

Today
09.00 pm- De Coronas
10.30 pm - Gerard Joling
11.15 pm - DJ until closing time (00.30 am)
Tomorrow
09.00 am – Holland Heineken House open
09.00 pm – De Coronas
10.30 pm – Guus Meeuwis
11.15 pm – DJ until closing time (2.00 am)
Colophon The Daily Dutch
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Geeve, Marlot Hak, Paul de Lange (coordinator),
Rens Lieman, Gert-Jan Peddemors (coordinator),
Marjolein Reezigt, Ingrid van Rooijen, Femke van
der Veen (lay-out), Mathijs Vuister (editor).
The international edition of The Daily Dutch is made by
students from the School of Journalism in Utrecht,
The Netherlands
of all the things she wanted to do. One of
them: be at the Olympic games.
By Richard Geeve
She provides food for the crew, makes sandwiches
at food plaza and sometimes she’ll stand side by
side with security. Maatstap, in the Netherlands
working with problem youngsters, is available for
anything. But working in the crew canteen, she’s
most fond of. “I enjoy having contact with crew
members. They can always come to me if they
need to curse or cry. And when members are
homesick, I’ve got some Dutch chocolate sprinkles
in the back.”
Maatstap really enjoyed meeting Humberto Tan,
host of the medal celebrations in the Holland
Heineken House. “I gave him a X-box 360, crossing
both arms, fist pump, and spin around. He didn’t
know that way of greeting each other yet.”
She hopes for one thing only: Bob de Jong as win-
ner of the gold on the 10K. “I met him when we Photo: Sander Stoepker