Sjinkie Knegt Will Miss the First World Tour Competition of the Season in Montreal, Canada (October 9-12). The 36-Year-Old Frisian, Who Hopes to Qualify for the Winter Olympics in Milan, is absent from the selection of Twelve Short Track Skaters.
Knegt Already had to skip the selection competition in Thialf Earlier This Month. The Veteran was struggling with a buttock injury at the start of the Olympic Season. He could have leg given a designated spot for the competitions in montreal, but that did not happen.
At the Beginning of Next Year, Knegt Hopes to Participate in the Olympic Games for the Fifth Time. It should be the final piece of his impression career of Almost Two Decades.
“I’m not as soon as I was my previous games. It will be an exciting season. But that applies to all men. Behind Jens van ‘t Wout, The Field is completely open,” Knegt Said Shortly Before His Last Season.
Dutch Short Track Skaters Can Qualify for the Games at the World Tour Competitions.
Itzhak de Laat, Jens van ‘t Wout, Daan Kos, Melle van’ t Wout, Teun Boer, and Kay Huisman Have Been Selected by National Coach Niels Kerstholt for the Trip to Canada. For the Women, Xandra Velzeboer, Michelle Velzeboer, Bibi Arts, Diede van Oorschot, Selma Poutsma, and Zoë Deltrap Have Been Called Up.
Kerstholt determines on the spot at the world tour who starts in which individual distances and who participates in the relays.
The Second Competition from the World Tour is from October 16 to 19, also in Montreal. In principle, The Same Twelve Dutch Short Track Skaters Will Participate There.