The Swedish star needed to end up among the top four in yesterday’s competition in the World Cup in Stavanger in the 10,000 meters to get a direct place at the Olympics, which he did.
Then van der Poel also had to be taken out by SOK to get an official ticket to the Olympic Games.
– Very strong 10,000-meter race in Stavanger by Nils. A convincing victory and SOK now formally welcomes him into the Olympic squad for Beijing, says Peter Reinebo, head of the Swedish squad for the Olympic Games in Beijing 2022.
van der Poel set a track record yesterday with a time of 12.38.92 and won the competition.
– It’s fun of course. This is where I fucked it up four years ago when I wanted to run 10,000 at the Olympics, he told SVT Sport yesterday.
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