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TURIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Marianne Timmer from the Netherlands, a former double-Olympic champion, was disqualified on Tuesday from the women's 500 metres speedskating race after a second false start.


South Korea's Choi Seung-yong had the first false start seconds earlier.


Timmer, who won both the 1,000 and 1,500 metres at the Nagano 1998 Olympics but struggled in Salt Lake City four years later leaving empty-handed, skated off the ice disappointed when the flag of her false start was raised as hundreds of Dutch fans whistled and jeered.


Only two false starts in total are allowed in speedskating.