Perhaps, he says, there is a connection between the stove accident on January 10, 2019, in which he suffered third-degree burns to his legs, and his return after a total of 402 days of rehabilitation. During his absence, the panels in the top of the (inter)national short track track appeared to have shifted considerably.
Alfarots
For years Knegt was above all discussion. The physical malheur that has haunted him for almost three years is, however, due to the fact that he has had to give up his trusted spot on top of the alpha rock.
The undisputed leader accepts his role as skater who has to pull out all the stops to be able to hook up and sometimes even has to comply with the team’s interests. From Sjinkie Knegt to Sjinkie Knecht. something like that.
Otter initially had no place for him in his selection for the Dordrecht World Cup. De Fries was only allocated an individual starting spot after youngster Sven Roes, the national champion of 2020, ended up in the boarding during the last training session and injured his ankle. The one’s death once again turned out to be the other’s bread.
And so Otter drafted the man who, for the time being, only gets a seven from him this season. “Well, maybe I should make that an eight.”
Sobriety incarnate
Knegt, the sobriety incarnate, could not have said it better himself. It is what it is. Once, Otter says, the name Knegt was synonymous with a place in the final. Because the power of the message is in the exaggeration: “And now he’s going to be fortieth. Or eightieth, or something like that.”
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