Team Corendon late in a statement that Blokhuijsen ‘gets the space to process the hitherto disappointing season.
The 25-year Blokhuijsen did last weekend in Heerenveen nowhere near to places for the European Championship round.
The reigning European champion round left the final 10 kilometers shooting after he finished sixteenth in the 1500 meters. There was Van Veen disagreed.
Mongols Range
The coach and skater quarreled about it openly in the catacombs of Thialf but have now settled. “I had a good conversation with Jan. In addition, we have been open and honest with each other,” Van Veen explains.
“We have found that it is currently not running. The conclusion of the call is it is better that John just takes away from the team and skating. “
Blokhuijsen spoke after his dramatic 1500 meters from a lack of chemistry with Corendon and found his team in the ‘Mongols fan’ was because teammates also performed poorly.
Emotion
The winner of Olympic silver in the 5,000 meters now expresses regret those statements. “In all my emotion I have not for the camera choose the right words.”
“It was never my intention to harm the team and the sponsors. I had high expectations of the past NK round . That I unfortunately can not keep. “
Last summer thought Blokhuijsen there to take a sabbatical. “There are for me this season no more big games that I can focus me so I’m happy with the solution found. I’m going to use the next time to prepare myself for the next season and thus the route towards the Olympics 2018 Pyeongchang. “
For Blokhuijsen already started the season poorly with a mediocre performance in the NK distances. Therefore he rides this year, no World Cups. The World Cup and the World Cup round fog distances Blokhuijsen also
Verweij:. “Is a lot of negative energy in the team ‘Failing I Blokhuijsen:” Can not get much worse than this “