Relieved Ireen Wüst back to Games: ‘Not to China to fill things up a bit’ | To skate

Ireen Wüst looks tensely at the scoreboard with the times of other skaters.

Ⓒ René Bouwman

HEERENVEEN – The women do not make it too complicated when it comes to the distribution of Olympic tickets for the Winter Games. After four exciting days at the OKT, eight skaters can count on being able to come into action in Beijing at the beginning of February. On Thursday, at the closing 5000 meters, a number nine can still report to the front.