Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer made a push to the front of the group in Saturday's mass start final. His lumbering 6-foot-2 strides helped him breakaway for two laps before he sunk back into the pack ...

Despite the jam-packed schedule of Day 1 in the 2014 Sochi Winter Games — five medal events in five different sports! — the standout moment for Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer is likely very easy to ...

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) As always, when his rivals suddenly felt that pain in their legs, that burning in their lungs, Sven Kramer kept his mighty, unmatched stride going. ”I never saw that wall,” ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – If there’s anyone who can relate to what Sven Kramer is going through, it’s Eddie Hart. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Hart was one of the favorites in the most glamorous ...

Note to Olympic reporters planning to interview a gold medalist: Make sure you know which gold medalist you're talking to. A local NBC reporter learned that lesson the hard way last weekend when she ...

RICHMOND, British Columbia - Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer won the gold medal in the men's 5,000 meters in a games record at the Olympic Oval on Saturday, finally claiming the one major title that had ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Jorrit Bergsma set an Olympic record and led another Dutch speedskating sweep Tuesday, winning the 10,000 meters with an upset of countryman Sven Kramer. Kramer wanted this gold more ...

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Sven Kramer won a record ninth European all-around title, winning the 10,000 meters to complete yet another dominating performance for the Dutchman. Kramer boosted his reputation as the greatest ...

We likely saw the final time Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer would race a 5000m event at the Olympics. Kramer, 35, finished in ninth in the 5000m speed skating race at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The ...

(AP) — It took Sven Kramer barely six minutes to shake off four years of Olympic frustration. The Dutch speedskater claimed the only major trophy that had eluded him — Olympic gold — with a games ...

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) For the life of him, Sven Kramer could not remember what it feels like to be an underdog. He has been the favorite whenever he came on the ice since childhood. ”I don’t ...