The roots of Ted-Jan Bloemen will have many saying his Olympic gold medal in speedskating is at least part Dutch. "I had a whole different country, different continent, different culture, different team around me, different coach." Defending champion Jorrit Bergsma took silver and Dutch teammate Sven Kramer again failed to win the one Olympic race he most craves. Missing power and pace, Kramer slumped to sixth, well behind surprise bronze medalist Nicola Tumolero of Italy. Unable to get on the Dutch team for the 2014 Sochi Games, Bloemen needed to change everything around.

Source: ABC News February 15, 2018 13:41 UTC