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• 24 February 2010 at 10 : 06 AM

  Hall of Fail: Sven Kramer’s Speed Skating 10,000 Meter Blunder Costs Him a Gold Medal

  Posted by Sports Session in Front Page Features , Olympics , The Sports Session Hall of Fail 0

  

  Sven Kramer, the speed skating skating sensation from the Netherlands who earlier had won the 5,000 meters at the Richmond Oval, did the unthinkable: skate the last eight laps of the 10,000 meters in the same lane as Russia's: Ivan Skobrev. Sven, how could you? How could you have thrown away the gold medal by failing to change lanes and skate on the ...

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