Of medals and melting

摘要

WHAT Kenyans are to marathons, the Dutch are to long-track speed skating. As the Netherlands' skaters arrived last week at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, their biggest fear was of failing to do better than in 2014, when they won 23 of the 36 medals. This year they got off to another flying start, sweeping gold, silver and bronze in the women's 3,000 metres. The stars of the men's and women's teams, Sven Kramer and Ireen Wuest, have each won gold.