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Speed skaters clash with ISU over 'dangerous' mass start format
Original: jillert anema
The new speed skating season has opened with a row over the overhauled mass start event. Olympic champions Bartje Bergsma and Antoinette Groenewoud have publicly criticised the ISU's revised format, calling it 'genuinely life-threatening', with the mass start dismissed by some as a chaotic crash race. Jortje Bergsma has also questioned whether she will take part at all, saying she 'thinks the new format is absolutely no good', while coach Jillert Anema is drawn into the debate as attention turns to the new sprint duels as well.
Why now: Olympic champions have publicly attacked the ISU's new mass start format as dangerous just as the skating season begins.
Jillert AnemaISUBergsmaGroenewoud
Evidence
- Jutta Leerdam pissig over podcast Ben van der Burg: ‘Zó onzeker!’ · Mediacourant.nl
- Van nieuwe sprintduels tot omstreden massastart: vijf dingen die je moet weten nu de schaatswinter weer begint · AD.nl
- Mass start afvalkoers levensgevaarlijk? Olympische schaatsers boos op ISU · De Telegraaf
- Bergsma twijfelt over deelname massastart: 'Vind nieuw format helemaal niks' · NU
- Olympische kampioenen Bergsma en Groenewoud boos op ISU: ’Het wordt levensgevaarlijk’ · De Telegraaf
- Olympisch kampioenen Bergsma en Groenewoud fileren nieuwe opzet massastart: ‘Echt levensgevaarlijk’ · AD.nl
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