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EU-Digest: Marathon Dutch skating championship on Flevoland Province Oostvaarders Lakes

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Marathon Dutch skating championship on Flevoland Province Oostvaarders Lakes

Twenty two year old Marathon skater Sjoerd Huisman won the Dutch Championship on Natural Ice today, January 8. Huisman beat Arjan Stroetinga in a neck-and-neck finish in the 100-kilometre-long circuit at the Oostvaarders Lakes in the Flevoland Province. The women's 60 kilometre race was won by Carla Zielman; Danielle Bekkering came in second. It's been 12 years since the last Dutch Skating Championship marathon was held on natural ice. Some 150 skaters participated in the two races.

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