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Raymon van der Biezen

London 2012 - Heat 1 competitor Raymon van der Beizen wins three runs of Heat 1 in the BMX quarterfinals and easily qualifies for the semifinals.

Raymon Van Der Biezen of Netherlands

Raymon Van Der Biezen of Netherlands competes during the Men's BMX Cycling on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at BMX Track on August 8, 2012 in London, England.

Flying Dutchman

London 2012 - Maikel van der Vleuten of the Netherlands sails with horse Verdi over a barrier for team competition equestrian jumping.

Grol's body Czech

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands (white) grapples with the Czech Republic's Lukas Krpalek in the men's -100kg judo repechage contest.

Battling for a bronze

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands and South Korea's Hee-Tae Hwang battle for bronze medal 'B' in the men's -100kg judo.

Pat on the back

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands is congratulated on winning bronze medal 'B' in the men's -100kg judo.

Verkerk v Ogata

Marhinde Verkerk of the Netherlands and Akari Ogata of Japan square up during their -78kg women's judo quarterfinal, won by Verkerk.

Grol ready to roll

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands heads for the mat for his men's -100kg judo tie with South Korea's Hwang Hee-Tae.

Henk's happy

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands celebrates a win in the men's -100kg judo.

Dimitri down and out

London 2012 - Henk Grol of the Netherlands knocks German's Dimitri Peters out of the men's -100kg judo quarterfinals.

Orange and gold goes well

London 2012 - Ranomi Kromowidjojo is able to color coordinate her gold medal to the orange uniform of team Netherlands after setting a new Olympic record in the women’s 100m freestyle swim.

Netherlands, Belarus, China

London 2012 - Freestyle swimmers celebrate their medals. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED, center) in gold, Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR, left) wins silver, and Tang Yi (China, right) earns bronze in the women’s 100m.

Verschuren’s start

London 2012 - Sebastiaan Verschuren of the Netherlands sails off the starting block in the men’s 100m freestyle final.

Flying Femke

London 2012 - Holland’s Femke Heemskerk launches into her semifinal heat of the women’s 100m freestyle.

Judokas tumble

London 2012 - Dex Elmont of the Netherlands and Japan’s Riki Nakaya tumble in their men’s -73kg judo semifinal match

Dex Elmont of the Netherlands

London 2012 - Dutch judoka Dex Elmont works against his opponent in men’s -73kg judo action.

Vos one, Armitstead two

London 2012 - A victory salute from Marianne Vos as she clinches gold for the Netherlands in the women’s road race. Great Britain’s Elizabeth Armitstead crosses second for silver.

Happy in orange

London 2012 - Netherland cyclists have much to be happy about as teammate Marianne Vos takes gold in the women’s road race.

High and dry

London 2012 - Marianne Vos of the Netherlands is happy to be wearing dry clothes and a gold medal after a rainy sprint finish in the women’s cycling road race. She and her podium mates, Briton Elizabeth Armitstead (silver) and Russian Olga Zabelinskaya (bronze) formed a breakaway group and finished roughly half a minute ahead of the peloton.

Dutch fans whistle and cheer

London 2012 - Fans of the Netherlands make some noise for the Dutch women’s road race cycling team and eventual winner Marianne Vos.

Vos blasts to victory

London 2012 - Netherlands and Great Britain finish one-two in the women’s road race, as Marianne Vos gets the best of Lizzie Armitstead on the soggy run in to the finish.

Sprinting in the rain

London 2012 - Marianne Vos of the Netherlands creates a slight edge over British cyclist Elizabeth Armitstead in the final 100 metres of the women’s road race. Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia takes the bronze in the rainy finale.

Post race interview

London 2012 - Marianne Vos of the Netherlands gestures while recounting for reporters her gold medal win in the women’s cycling road race.

Ireen Wust - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

Ireen Wust competing at the Vancouver Olympic Olympic Winter Games.

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Kramer 2010 - Vancouver Olympic WinterGames

Kramer competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

Olympics Day 14 - Cycling - BMX

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: (L-R) Cristian Daniel Becerine of Argentina, Jared Graves of Australia, Maris Strombergs of Latvia, Manuel de Vecchi of Italy, Rob van den Wildenberg of the Netherlands and Damien Godet of France compete in the Men's BMX semifinal run held at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross Venue during Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Cycling - BMX

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: (L-R) Maris Strombergs of Latvia, Manuel de Vecchi of Italy, Rob van den Wildenberg of the Netherlands and Damien Godet of France compete in the Men's BMX semifinal run held at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross Venue during Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Cycling - BMX

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Maris Strombergs of Latvia leads Jared Graves of Australia during the Men's BMX semifinal run held at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross Venue during Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Hockey

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Fu Baorong #8 of China and Eefke Mulder #3 of Netherlands vie for the ball during the women's bronze medal hockey match at the Olympic Green Hockey Field on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Cycling - BMX

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Racers compete in the Men's BMX semifinals held at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross Venue during Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Hockey

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Eva De Goede #24 of Netherlands moves the ball against the defense of Ma Yibo #1 and Zhou Wanfeng#12 of China during the women's gold medal hockey match at the Olympic Green Hockey Field on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Hockey

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Gao Lihua #10 of China and Maartje Paumen #17 of Netherlands vie for the ball during the women's bronze medal hockey match at the Olympic Green Hockey Field on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 14 - Hockey

BEIJING - AUGUST 22: Li Hongxia #17 of China and Minke Smabers#13 of Netherlands vie for the ball during the women's gold medal hockey match at the Olympic Green Hockey Field on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 13 - Hockey

BEIJING - AUGUST 21: Goalkeeper Max Weinhold #21 of Germany defends the goal over Ronald Brouwer #19 of the Netherlands during the men's semifinal match held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field during Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Equestrian

HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 19: Anky van Grunsven of The Netherlands and Salinero complete their Test in the Individual Dressage Final Grand Prix Freestyle held at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue in Sha Tin during day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Hong Kong, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Equestrian

HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 19: Anky van Grunsven of The Netherlands and Salinero complete their Test in The Individual Dressage Final Grand Prix Freestyle held at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue in Sha Tin during day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Hong Kong, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Equestrian

HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 19: Anky van Grunsven of The Netherlands and Salinero complete their Test in The Individual Dressage Final Grand Prix Freestyle held at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue in Sha Tin during day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Hong Kong, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Equestrian

HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 19: Anky van Grunsven of The Netherlands stands on the winners podium after riding her horse Salinero to victory in The Individual Dressage Final Grand Prix Freestyle held at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue in Sha Tin during day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Hong Kong, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Water Polo

BEIJING - AUGUST 19: Alette Sijbring of Netherlands looks to pass over the defense of Mercedes Stieber of Hungary during the women's water polo semifinal round at the Ying Tung Natatorium on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Olympics Day 11 - Water Polo

BEIJING - AUGUST 19: Aniko Pelle of Hungary shoots over the defense of Rianne Guichelaar of Netherlands during the women's water polo semifinal round at the Ying Tung Natatorium on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China.