Dutch short-track regulars to skip Asian World Tour events
Xandra Velzeboer will miss the Seoul World Tour event, while Selma Poutsma, Teun Boer and Melle van ’t Wout are absent from the Dutch line-up for Beijing. Coach Niels Kerstholt said regulars had been offered the option to skip a meeting.
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Several regulars in the Dutch short-track team will skip one of the upcoming World Tour events in Asia, with coach Niels Kerstholt saying skaters who race frequently have been given the option to sit out a meeting.
Xandra Velzeboer is not in the line-up for the Seoul event, from 20 to 22 November. Selma Poutsma, Teun Boer and Melle van ’t Wout will miss the Beijing meeting, scheduled for 4 to 6 December, according to the selections announced by the Dutch skating federation.
“We have given regulars who spend a lot of time on the ice, both individually and in relays, the choice to skip one event,” Kerstholt said in a federation statement, as reported by ANP.
The short-track World Tour also stops in Shanghai the week after Seoul. Michelle Velzeboer will miss the remaining events this year after suffering a small fracture in her fibula.
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