Speed skater Freddie Polak has returned home from the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. The games saw Great Britain send a squad of 39 athletes who competed across 11 sports. Polak was joined by his friend and fellow speed skater Willem Murray, from West Bridgford, at the Games. To get to South Korea, both skaters had to reach a qualification time in one of the distances within 10% of the world record. Polak competed in the 500m, 1,000m, and 1,500m races in the short track speed skating. However, the 17-year-old from Southwell did not make it out of the first events in the three…
