{"id":1009,"date":"2025-07-15T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schaatsevents.nl\/passion-for-speed-skating\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:31:28","slug":"passion-for-speed-skating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schaatsevents.nl\/en\/passion-for-speed-skating\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion for Speed skating"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1009\" class=\"elementor elementor-1009 elementor-37\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e9cc68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29e9cc68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-599bff8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"599bff8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30472396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30472396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Passion for Speed skating<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638c1fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638c1fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>People who know me know that I have a passion for speed skating. <br>And I love helping organizations organize skating competitions. Competitions, the core of long track speed skating.<\/p><p>My passion for speed skating, long track skating, can be found in a very aptly worded article by Carl Mureau from October 8, 2024, on the Schaatsen.nl website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237d2fa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"237d2fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0b3b2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b0b3b2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ffd57b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74ffd57b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">'Skating is such a wonderful sport, I'll stay active until I can't anymore.'<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3676b9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3676b9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Skating is a sport that can&#8217;t exist without the men and women who roll up their sleeves behind the scenes. Leen van den Heuvel (60) is one such man, serving the sport as a coach and board member. He recently retired from the KNSB long track\/short track section board, but the sport of speed skating is far from over for him.<\/p><p>Are the right people at the starting line at a National Championship: those who have qualified correctly according to the regulations? And does the correct winner appear on the scoreboard in the 500 meters: the one with the fastest time or the best ranking after two races? Leen van den Heuvel, as a so-called sports expert, ensures that this is taken care of.<\/p><p>Quietly, behind the scenes, while skaters shine and the crowd celebrates, he does his work. &#8216;I don&#8217;t necessarily need to be in the spotlight,&#8217; says the Stolwijk native. \u201cI prefer to help organize a good event, which runs according to the rules we have agreed on together.\u201d<\/p><p>Working as a sports expert is a new activity, or at least it&#8217;s a new title he&#8217;s earned with the International Skating Union (ISU). Van den Heuvel has been involved in various aspects of skating since 1997. With love and pleasure. &#8220;Because skating is such a beautiful sport. &#8220;Because skating is such a beautiful sport.<br>Everyone does it: from farm boys to medical specialists. And you can stay active well into old age, because you never forget how to do it.&#8221;<\/p><p>Continue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schaatsen.nl\/nieuws\/schaatsen-is-zon-mooie-sport-ik-blijf-actief-tot-het-niet-meer-gaat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reading the complete article<\/a> on Schaatsen.nl. 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