Dutch skater Jutta Leerdam continued her winning streak in the 1,000 meters at the World Cup competitions in Obhiro, Japan. Leerdam was happy that she again won the 1,000 meters, though she did it “on autopilot.” The 24-year-old world champion’s mind is elsewhere due to family circumstances. It also went wrong in the 500 meters, but it doesn’t really matter …
Make room on the podium for countries other than the Netherlands at the speedskating oval in Beijing. The Dutch typically dominate in their national sport — winning seven golds and 16 medals overall four years ago — but this time the medals figure to be more evenly spread around. The men’s 1,000 meters seems likely to belong to the Dutch, …
