We here at the Gazelle like to be topical, and the only topic in Holland for the last week has been about speed skater, Sven Kramer, getting disqualified at the Winter Olympics in the 10,000 metre speed skating event.Although the (you)tubenazis are removing almost all footage of this spectacular gaffe, here is a news item which shows some footage:
Basically, his coach kind-of pointed him in the wrong direction, and Sven Kramer took the wrong lane which is an instant disqualification. Now, Sven Kramer is the world champion at this event, was expected to win, and at this stage of the race was several seconds ahead of the leader (a Korean who had just broken the previous Olympic record). In fact, Kramer would easily have set a new World record had he not been disqualified. So, he was pretty bummed, as was the rest of Holland.
I think it is rather brilliant, as it has started a new meme in Holland. For example.
It is also nice to bring the term "Kramerism" back to something more innocent. Because for many people, the word "Kramer" has been kind of ruined since this epic event:
Example sentence:
Old drivers on the highways are always guilty of kramerisms
Visual example of a kramerism:
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