Canadian Olympic speed skater Ted-Jan Bloeman finds pandemic life changes tough, just like us

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Even in precedented times, an Olympic Games can present a confusing confluence of reason and expectation for reigning gold medalists

It’s a deep men’s field that now gathers here for Beijing 2022, as five men appeared on the distance podiums; Dutch skaters Patrick Roest and Jorrit Bergsma and Italy’s Davide Ghiotto were the others. That’s great for the sport, as Bloemen noted, but might be one of the things gnawing at his confidence.

That’s where his head is at, obviously, the tasks at hand, not what he did four years ago, though it was incredible. After all, he became the first Canadian man to win the grand-daddy of them all on the oval. On Sunday he once again acknowledged the significant benefit of the feat. It’s been hard for my personality to deal with all these changes of plans, because COVID throws a lot of curveballs at you

Fatherhood is another, one that comes with rewards that will always dwarf a World Cup medal. He has embraced that “really big life change” and the effect it has had on his athletic career. His chosen sport is no less important than it was in 2018, but his life is fuller and skating need not occupy so much pride of place.

 

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