Olympians are extremely disciplined when it comes to training for their respective sports - it comes with the territory of being an elite athlete with the hopes of landing on the podium. The training's not done quite yet, though, as the stars gearing up for the 2026 Winter Olympics taking place in Milan and Cortina, prepare to take the global stage.
"We thought it would be an aggressive final. In the moment that breakaway got caught, I saw there was a bit of hesitation and still a bit of some gap, and then I just felt like, 'ah, I go', it was just on feeling and instinct, and I thought that it was a good moment," Smulders recounted the situation 14km from the finish line.