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Nils van der Poel of Team Sweden skates on the way to winning the Gold medal and setting a new Olympic record time of 6:08.84 during the Men's 5000m on day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 06, 2022 in Beijing, China.

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I Peeked Inside An Elite Athlete’s Head And It’s A Foreign Country In There

Patrick Redford

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 06: Nils van der Poel of Team Sweden celebrates winning the Gold Medal and setting a new Olympic record time of 6:08.84 during the Men's 5000m on day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 06, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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Speedskating Drama Flares Up After Swedish Champion Calls Out “Fucked Up” Dutch “Corruption”

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I Peeked Inside An Elite Athlete’s Head And It’s A Foreign Country In There

Speedskating Drama Flares Up After Swedish Champion Calls Out “Fucked Up” Dutch “Corruption”