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SPORTS Wednesday 21 February 2018
Ter Mors medals in 2 different sports at same Winter Games

By RAF CASERT Dutch team relegated to
GANGNEUNG, South Korea the B final of the relay, there
(AP) — Speedskater Jorien were four other teams in
ter Mors became the first the A final to share out the
woman to win Olympic medals.
medals in different sports at In the B final, ter Mors raced
the same Winter Games. the last short-track race of
Ter Mors added bronze in her career with such aban-
the short-track arena to the don that she helped the
gold she won in long-track Dutch team set a world
speedskating last week. record. Still, it was all sup-
"That's really special," said posed to be for naught.
ter Mors, who skated with Yet in the A final, both
the Dutch team on Tuesday China and Canada were
in a tumultuous 3,000-meter disqualified for impeding,
relay. "I hoped for it coming stunningly pushing up the
here into the games but af- Dutch to bronze.
ter losing the semis, I didn't "It's really amazing to get
expect to win a medal any- a bronze medal and skat-
more." ing a world record in the B
Ter Mors previously won the finals," ter Mors said.
1,000-meter race at the The last man to win med-
Gangneung Oval. als in different sports at one Netherlands' Jorien ter Mors and Suzanne Schulting celebrate during their women's 3000 meters
Ester Ledecka of the Czech Winter Games was Heikki short track speedskating relay B final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in
Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
Republic has a chance to Hasu of Finland. He did it Associated Press
match ter Mors' feat. After in cross-country skiing and
winning the super-G in ski- Nordic combined.
ing, Ledecka can add a Ter Mors won't do it again.
medal in the snowboard As of next season, she will
parallel giant slalom on exclusively center on long-
Saturday. Ter Mors' bronze track racing, which is much
came under the craziest bigger in the Netherlands
of circumstances. With the than short-track.q

FOURCADE Continued from for Germany, which ap-
Previous Page peared to be a lock for a
Germany, which had three medal when Peiffer went
gold medals in the biathlon off with a significant lead.
coming into the event — But he not only let Four-
including one by Peiffer — cade get by him, but also
finished off the podium in the Norwegians and the
fourth place. Italians.
Fourcade had enough "Martin was good and I was
of a lead at the end to not good," Peiffer said. "I
wave the French flag as he was not good on the track
crossed the finish line for his and not good on the range.
team in 1 hour, 8 minutes I am really disappointed by
and 34.3 seconds, more my performance."
than 20 seconds ahead of There was some contro-
second-place Norway. Ita- versy over third place as
ly took the bronze. the Germans believed Ital-
Bescond said she thought ian anchor Dominik Win-
her heart was going to ex- disch illegally crossed over
plode in her chest watch- into Peiffer's corridor on the
ing Fourcade finish. stretch run.
"Now we have that really However, the International
big satisfaction to do that Biathlon Union reviewed
together, for all the French the race and ruled that
team and all the people Windisch didn't break any
who cheer us," Bescond rules. "I didn't expect an-
said. "So it's big satisfac- other result because my
tion." experience is there is not so
Said Fourcade: "We often much courage to change
say that we are doing an positions of the medal ta-
individual sport but we are ble," Peiffer said. "Dominik
living more than 220 days was faster but he broke a
a year together as a team. rule and now there is no
Winning this medal togeth- consequence. And that's
er is something really emo- not good for the future be-
tional and we really enjoy cause now every athlete
it." thinks they can change the
It was a blown opportunity corridor." q