Thursday 25 February 2010

Talk of Vancouver: Sven Kramer apologizes after outburst

VANCOUVER — Dutch speedskating superstar Sven Kramer tried to move on Wednesday.
"It is not going to help anyone if I tear the whole place down," he said a day after his stunning disqualification from the 10,000-meter long-track race he was heavily favored to win. His coach, Gerard Kemkers, misadvised him on a lane change after 17 laps of the grueling, 25-lap event, and officials disallowed the result after Kramer completed the race — and appeared to have easily won.
"I am not the person that will stay angry for a long time. It is not going to help me, the team or Gerard," said Kramer, the world's most dominant long-distance speedskater, who earlier in the Games won gold in the men's 5,000 meters. "It happened and it is really sad, but we are not getting that medal from Korea (and Lee Seung-Hoon) back."