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INTERVIEW Figure skater youngest athlete to participate in Winter Games on behalf of the Netherlands

On February 1, Lindsay van Zundert celebrates her 17th birthday, a day later she travels to Beijing. She is the youngest athlete to participate in the Olympic Games on behalf of the Netherlands, making a dream come true for the figure skater. How she made her first strokes on the ice via the Efteling sounds like a carefree fairy tale, but it also contains the story that she went door-to-door to collect empty bottles. “If the money isn’t there, you have to make it happen…”

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