For minutes was Koen Verweij Saturday after the 500 meters at the World Cup round in Calgary on a bench in the middle ground, staring into space. After less than 30 meters away from the first he had a fall already chance to extend his title.
“This is just fucked up, more I can not say it,” was the first reaction of a heavy balende Verweij on the edge of the Olympic Oval. “I am now in a position where I totally did not want to sit. I’m terribly sorry that I can not defend my world, I came here for.”
Immediately after his fall was the 24 year old North Hollander not quite believe what had happened. “It was a bit surreal. The realization did come later, on the bench. From the beginning I have felt anger, I hate it that I should be so close to the season.”
Verweij went on the first hundred meters of the 500 meter slicing because he came into the ice with his point. “The training I had even a small moment, but that can happen.”
“I’m currently focusing to make my opening on the 500 meter better, because that’s my weak point this distance, and they did the last time awfully good this just happened, explain is impossible “
Withdrawal
Verweij went immediately after his fall in the middle ground and drove his race does not matter. He might even start on Saturday and 5 kilometers from the 1,500 meters Sunday, but just after the 500 meters Skater Team Corendon stated that he intended to withdraw from the World Cup.
“I’m not sure I’m even further away, I now have little appetite for it. The 1500m is perhaps my distance, but get there enough of it.”
“I had little sense more to drive the 500 meters. I come here to win and set a blistering 500 down and that just did not work. It’s cunt. “
That was the first expletive that with Jan van Veen, was the coach of Verweij, in mind. “This is hard cunt We went for the title The sting is now out of the tournament…”
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By: NU.nl/Daan Knight
Picture: Reuters
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