A bad day for Norwegian speed skating

There is no need to tell how disappointed Norwegian speed skating fans were at Oval Lingotto today. What seemed like strong races by Sætre and Grødum became mediocre when Kramer and Verheijen had finished. Chad was just as impressive as both Jeroen and I had faired. And when Eskil Ervik started getting further and further behind Fabris we knew he was out of it. With two laps to go, Jeroen said Fabris might still have a chance to beat Verheijen, and with an impressive last lap Verheijen lost his medal, and Fabris won Italy's first ever Olympic speed skating medal (see the picture).