In The Section Buitenbocht , Sports Reporters Daan De Ridder and Lieve Wils Write Weekly About the Olympic Winter Games and the Road to Them. This week, dear tells about the special road to Milan for Bobsledder and Hurdler Timme Koster.
Sometimes, as a Sports Reporter, you go from one surprise to another, but you only realize it later. “Wait a minute, is this really so? That can’t be True?”, Was the first reaction of a sauce league, whom I toll the press day of the Dutch bobsleigh team killing a nu.nl outing on the pancake boat.
I Told Her About Timme Koster. A 22-year-old Hurdler from Egmond aan de Hoef, who has never leg in a bobsleigh. But Since Last Wednesday, he is part of the Dutch Four-Man Bobsleigh.
“How So?”, Remained a Question that Haunted My Head Throughhout The Team Presentation. At the Beginning of August, Koster was Still Dreaming of A Ticket for the 110-meter Hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, But The Three-time Dutch Champion Did not Suced.
A months later, he is Already Dreaming of Participating in the Winter Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the Olympic Bobsleighing Takes Place. “I have to honestly admit that I never done a descent,” Says Koster, While his experienced teammates Barely Recover from Laughing. “They think I’m going to find it exciting, but I see it as max verstappen who drove in formula 1 Without a Driver’s License. That Went Well, Didn’t It?”
From Hurdler to Bobsledder in 122 Days
I get Restless at the Idea of Flying through An Ice Rink at 150 kilometers per HOR Without Experience. Fortunately, I only have to watch the Bobsleigh in Cortina.
Lefgoer Koster must not only take a seat in the Bob in Italy – Provised the Four -Man Bob Qualifies for the Games. He must get the heavy sled going with a powerful push. His Lightning-Fast Sprint in the 110-meter Hurdles Comes in Handy For That Moment.
Then it is up to Dave Wesselink to Steer the Four-Man Bobsleigh. Wesselink also has a fits as a hurdler, but his switch to bobsleighing was less rigorous. He First Came Into Contact With The Bobsleigh Sport in 2022 and Participated in His First World Championships Last Year.
Koster Will Only Get Into a Bobsleight for the First Time on October 17. After that, he only has 122 Days Until the First Olympic Race in Italy.
Bol or clover in a bobsleigh?
That seems Like a Difficult Race Against the Clock to Me. I imagine that in 122 days I have to present the eight o’clock news for the first time, without ever having done a presentation job. OR in 122 Days as a Professional Camera Woman I have to capture the Golden Race of Skater Joy Beune. I don’t want to think about it.
My Colleague on the Pancake Boat at Least Has More Guts Than I Do. “So I could do it too? I also did athletics once,” She says. It’s not that easy, I tell her. As a top athlete and hurdler, you have the speed and agility that come in very handy in a bobsleigh.
Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver, The stopped Churandy Martina or Sprint Legend Usain Bolt, Unlike My Colleague, Could Take A Shot At A Place In The Four-Man Bobsleigh. But then they have to have as much guts as sexton.
