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Yesterday’s dramatic speed skating crossover

The oval was filled with tension yesterday after a dramatic crossover led to a disqualification and re-race. Dutch skater Joep Wennemars was headed for gold in his 1,000-meter race until Chinese skater Lian Ziwen collided with him, setting him off course.

Ziwen was disqualified and Wennemars, who is making his Olympic debut at the Milano-Cortina Games, was granted a re-race but failed to rival his time from the first race and to make the podium.

The crowd in the oval, which has been consistently filled with Netherlands fans dressed in orange, was rapturous as Wennemars gave it his all, skating alone on the ice. Wennemars’s father, Erben Wennemars, won gold in the same event at the 2006 Turin Games.

American world-record holder Jordan Stolz ended up taking gold and Wennemars’s teammate, Jenning de Boo, took silver. Zhongyan Ning of China won bronze.