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Jochem Uytdehaage
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Jochem Uytdehaage of Netherlands is a Dutch long track speed skating champion. He was born on 9 July 1976 in Oog in Al, Utrecht, Netherlands. In November 2001, he stepped on the podium for the first time and after two and a half months; he became the most succesfull skater of Salt Lake City in 2002. He was the 2002 European all-round champion during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in which he won the gold medal for the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events and silver in the 1,500 meter event.
His winning time on the 10,000 meter was 12:58.92 minutes, the first and only till December 4, 2005. It was a time that a skater never broke before on this distance. His time on the 5,000 meter of 6:14.66 minutes was also a world record. Uytdehaage has led the long track speed skating Adelskalender from 2001 till November 13, 2005, when Chad Hedrick overtook him. In December 2005, at the Dutch Olympic Trials in Heerenveen, he failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Uytdehaage never lost hope in him and always fought hard to achieve his goal. With all his dedication and devotion in his play, he achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts.
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