Suzanne Schulting skips short-track to focus on long-track skating
Three-time Olympic champion Suzanne Schulting will be absent from short-track in the first part of the season, which matters for fans following Dutch skating.
Suzanne Schulting will not compete in short-track speed skating in the first part of the new season. She will focus on long-track skating instead.
Schulting is 29 and a three-time Olympic champion. She skates for Team Essent.
The move is not a full farewell to short-track. Schulting says she remains open to a call from the national coach if she is needed.
One report says Schulting called it "not an easy choice". That quote is not confirmed by the other reports.
The reports do not say how long the switch will last beyond the first part of the season, or which long-track races she plans to enter.