Former pace skater Marianne Timmer claimed that she had a detrimental run-in with Snoop Dogg’s safety workforce on the 2026 Olympics.
Timmer, 51, was in attendance on the males’s 1,000-meter pace skating race on Wednesday, February 12. Snoop Dogg, 54, was additionally on the occasion, cheering on Staff USA. The gold medalist claimed to Dutch outlet Sports activities information on Thursday, February 12, that she encountered the rapper’s safety workforce, who mistook her for a fan.
“I used to be standing in opposition to a wall, and one of many safety guards pushed me even nearer. I stated, ‘Simply act regular.’ It’s a extremely huge corridor, about 4 meters,” she informed the outlet, which was translated by Us Weekly. “Then the man got here again, and I stated, ‘What?! Do I’ve to undergo that wall or one thing?’”
Timmer alleged that the safety guard didn’t like her remark and “began appearing all up in opposition to” her. Timmer claimed she informed the safety guard that she was “ready” to talk to Dutch athletes Jennings de Boo, Joep Wennemars and Chilly Noiseas she is a media commentator for the video games. (De Boo, 22, ended up taking dwelling the silver medal whereas the gold went to American pace skater Jordan Stolz.)
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Timmer additionally claimed that safety on the occasion was strict.
“We noticed a Dutchman being roughly escorted away from the stands by some very giant safety guards. I may simply image myself being grabbed by the neck and thrown out,” she alleged to the outlet.
Us Weekly has reached out to Snoop Dogg for remark.
Snoop Dogg has attended a number of Olympic occasions for the reason that video games kicked off on February 6. The rapper is serving as Staff USA’s first-ever honorary coach, a place that was introduced forward of the video games.
“Staff USA athletes are the actual stars — I’m simply right here to cheer, uplift and possibly drop a bit of knowledge from the sidelines,” he stated in a December 2025 assertion after his function with Staff USA was revealed. “This workforce represents the very best of what sport could be: expertise, coronary heart and hustle. If I can deliver a bit of extra love and motivation to that, that’s a win for me.”
Along with the pace skating occasion, Snoop Dogg was noticed cheering on the athletes for snowboarding, snowboarding and curling.
Earlier on Thursday, Snoop Dogg sat down with Carson Daly, Craig Melvin and Hoda Kotb to speak about his Olympics expertise to this point.
“The teaching has been phenomenal as a result of I’ve been capable of inform them about life and never simply concerning the sports activities however concerning the issues we coping with in life basically and tips on how to take care of it,” he stated in the course of the Right now present. “Primarily based off of me having so many journeys with these completely different situations that they undergo.”
Snoop Dogg continued, “Being a mentor, being a coach, being a life coach and simply an ear, anyone to take heed to, anyone to be there for them. And that’s what I like about this place of Coach Snoop.”