Beijing Games 2022 - 'Now I am having cake' - Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel interrupted by Prime Minister
Nils van der Poel was interrupted by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson as he talked to Discovery about his speed skating gold medal. The win was the first in the discipline for the country since 1988 as he came back from trailing to win the 5,000 metres on Sunday at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Ad/> Van der Poel affirmed his status as the pre-race favourite and was the world champion going into the event.