Speed skater gives away his Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal to protest China's human rights violations
Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel gave his gold medal to the daughter of a man detained for his book criticizing the Chinese government.
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Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel gave his gold medal to the daughter of a man detained for his book criticizing the Chinese government.
Double Beijing 2022 speed skating champion Nils van der Poel has given one of his Olympic gold medals to a woman whose father was jailed in China for "unsubstantiated" spying offences.
The IOC, rather than fostering inspirational, high-minded ideals it professes, was complicit in using the Beijing Olympics to sports-wash atrocities.
Nils Van der Poel of Sweden blasted his way to the men’s 10000 metres gold here in Beijing in world record time.
Nils Van der Poel of Sweden blasted his way to the men’s 10000 metres gold here in Beijing in world record time.