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Nils van der Poel

Nils van der Poel: Olympic Speedskating Gold Medalist — and Ultrarunner!

By Andy Jones-Wilkins Comments

Nils van der Poel is an Olympic speedskating gold medalist from Sweden who found ultrarunning as an outlet and training method during some much needed time off.