‘Unforgivable mistake, it’s not possible’: Dutch female skaters make another huge mistake after failing their ankle | distinct

First let’s go back to March.

At the World Distance Championships in Heerenveen, the Dutch pursuit team lived up to its favorite role by winning the world title in record time.

Or so they thought..

Because the competition’s jury would disqualify the trio after a few minutes because the ankle of Joey Byun, one of the three skaters, was not covered with cut-resistant fabric.

Byun burst into tears and the story will haunt him for a long time: “People ask me: ‘Is that you from that ankle?’ That crying stayed with them.”

In the new season, Bion was hoping for sporting revenge and putting his ankle woes behind him. But since yesterday afternoon, the transceiver shock has added to that.

At the World Cup finals in Tomaszów, Poland, the 24-year-old talent made another mistake while preparing for the competition.

While the team was chasing, with teammates Erin Schouten and Mareke Groenaud, there was no time to score among the Orange women.

It turns out that Byun forgot to put the transceivers on her ankles beforehand. As during the previous competition, the jury had no choice but to exclude the Dutch.

“Oh dear, Joy Byun forgot them!” Commenters from our northern neighbors looked in disbelief when they saw the missing transceivers in the hands of a jury member.

“It’s not possible, right? This is a tragedy. But who’s checking it? It’s unbelievable that something like this could go wrong and it could go wrong. Something like this should be in your system. If something really went wrong last year, You’ve got to check everything, right? “This is an unforgivable mistake.”

Something had to happen to Byun of all people again.

“I looked for my transponders before the race, but they were gone,” the skier told NOS afterwards.

“Someone took them. Although the rule is clear, I’m just getting started. I don’t have anything useful to say about it now. It’s my fault again.”

National team coach Reentje Reitsma did not hide his confusion and pushed for a radical solution.

“You should just put a babysitter next to Joey,” was his sharp conclusion. “It’s that simple. She’s good, and the train is really strong. But you have to put someone next to her who really controls everything. It’s no different.”

The national coach continued: “These are details that cannot be mistaken.” “As a skater, you should be removed if you don’t wear transponders. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t wear those things.”

Soon after, Eric Bowman, Pune’s personal trainer, took the blame.

“I take this so seriously I could kick myself,” he told the written press.

“I think as a supervisor I should have paid more attention. We focused on that ankle…just, of course, it takes a transceiver. But I can’t be mad at Joey. It’s just bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.” “.

Holland’s exclusion could also have major sporting consequences for the rest of the season.

Based on the points, it will now be very difficult for the trio of Pune, Grunwood and Schouten to qualify for the World Distance Championships in February 2024.

They will now have to try to qualify based on their recorded time during the upcoming World Cup weekend in a month in Salt Lake City.

Hopefully, the Dutch team will then have a complete checklist.