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Friezin (21) breaks Dutch record at 500 meters in Salt Lake City
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SALT LAKE CITY – The relief can be read on Femke Kok’s face when she reports in the cycling area of the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City. After a difficult period, in which the 21-year-old skating talent struggled with groin complaints and especially private problems, she broke the Dutch record in the 500 meters during the World Cup on the fast American ice: 37.01. “I was really not comfortable in my own skin.”