we ve all seen sore losers in the past. but one dutch speed skater has taken unsportsmanlike behavior to a whole new level. tonight, cnn s jeanne moos introduces us to the world s first finger skater. reporter: how not to lose a race. meet the finger skater. it s disgraceful. reporter: he s a dutch skater whose team lost a championship relay race to the russians. pretty sad. reporter: there s the russian in blue, making the we re number one gesture, while dutch skater, sjinkie knegt makes a double barrel single finger salute. that s something i would do. reporter: you would? no. reporter: and as if that weren t enough, first the upraised middle fingers. then a pretend kick. very unsportsmanlike. i m a sportsman. i wouldn t do that. i would shake the man s hand, say congratulations and say who i hope you do very well. reporter: you would be
shaking his finger. here we thought the dutch tradition was for a little boy to stick his finger in a dike to stop the leak. not raise two fingers at a competitor. is he sorry? translator: of course, i regret it. it happens out of emotion and not actually conviction. it just sucks. reporter: skating officials disqualified knegt for his behavior, but that won t prevent him from facing his russian rival next at the olympics in sochi. netherlands broadcasting played old video of the skater. saying he has a history of losing his temper. knegt had at least one new york defender. it s the spirit of competition. i can understand the guy throwing the finger. reporter: this guy has thrown fingers of his own. a cab was trying to cut me off. reporter: some are making comparisons. sports grid joked, sjinkie knegt is dutch for richard sherman. don t you ever talk about me! reporter: sore winners, sore losers. when is the last time you
shaking his finger. here we thought the dutch tradition was for a little boy to stick his finger in a dike to stop the leak. not raise two fingers at a competitor. is he sorry? translator: of course, i regret it. it happens out of emotion and not actually conviction. it just sucks. reporter: skating officials disqualified knegt for his behavior, but that won t prevent him from facing his russian rival next at the olympics in sochi. netherlands broadcasting played old video of the skater. saying he has a history of losing his temper. knegt had at least one new york defender. it s the spirit of competition. i can understand the guy throwing the finger. reporter: this guy has thrown fingers of his own. a cab was trying to cut me off. reporter: some are making comparisons. sports grid joked, sjinkie knegt is dutch for richard sherman. don t you ever talk about me! reporter: sore winners, sore losers. when is the last time you flipped someone off.
we ve all seen sore losers in the past. but one dutch speed skater has taken unsportsmanlike behavior to a whole new level. tonight, cnn s jeanne moos introduces us to the world s first finger skater. reporter: how not to lose a race. meet the finger skater. it s disgraceful. reporter: he s a dutch skater whose team lost a championship relay race to the russians. pretty sad. reporter: that s its russian in blue, making the we re number one gesture, while dutch skater, sjinkie knegt makes a double barrel single finger salute. that s something i would do. reporter: you would? no. reporter: and and as if that weren t enough, first the upraised middle fingers. then a pretend kick. very unsportsmanlike. i wouldn t do that. i would shake the man s hand, say congratulations and say who i hope you do very well. reporter: you would be
shaking his finger. here we thought the dutch tradition was for a little boy to stick his finger in a dike to stop the leak. not raise two fingers at a competitor. is he sorry? translator: of course, i regret it. it happens out of emotion and not actually conviction. it just sucks. reporter: skating officials disqualified knegt for his behavior, but that won t prevent him from facing his russian rival next at the olympics in sochi. netherlands broadcasting played old video of the skater. saying he has a history of losing his temper. knegt had at least one new york defender. it s the spirit of competition. i can understand the guy throwing the finger. reporter: this guy has thrown fingers of his own. a cab was trying to cut me off. reporter: some are making comparisons. sports grid joked, sjinkie knegt is dutch for richard sherman. don t you ever talk about me! reporter: sore winners, sore losers. when is the last time you flipped someone off.