( CNN ) -- Dutch speed skating star Sven Kramer was left in tears after confused communication with his coach cost him a gold medal at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night . The 23-year-old was hot favorite to add the 10,000-meter title to his 5,000m victory earlier in the Vancouver Games , and he completed the grueling circuit in what would have been an Olympic record time . However , his dreams of a double gold crumbled when he was disqualified for an incorrect change of lanes , meaning that the man he was paired with -- Russia 's Ivan Skobrev -- won the silver medal and South Korea 's Lee Seung-Hoon was promoted to first place . Kramer , the world champion and record-holder at both distances , blamed his coach Gerard Kemkers for the mistake , the Vancouver Sun reported . `` Usually , I do n't want to blame anyone else , I take responsibility as the skater on the ice . But this time I ca n't do anything else , '' the son of two-time Olympic speed skater Yep Kramer told reporters after the race . `` I wanted to go on the outer lane , then just before the cone Gerard shouted , 'Inner lane ! ' I thought he was probably right . At first I thought my skates passed the cone on the wrong side , and I will be disqualified . Then I noticed in the stadium , something was wrong . `` You have to decide in a split second . I should have gone with my own thoughts but I was brought into doubt . This really sucks . This is a real expensive mistake . This really sucks . '' Sports Illustrated : Coach 's gaffe costs Kramer gold . Kemkers , a former speed skater who won a bronze medal in the 5,000m at Calgary in 1988 , was also devastated by the turn of events , the Vancouver Sun reported . `` My world collapsed . This is a disaster . This is the worst moment in my career . Sven was right , I was wrong , '' he said . Kramer will have the chance to bounce back and try to claim a second gold in the team pursuit event on Saturday -- and erase another embarrassing Olympic memory . At the 2006 Turin Games , Kramer stepped on a block and fell during the team pursuit semifinals and meant the Dutch ended up with only a bronze medal . In such speed skating events , also known as long-track , the athletes race to set the fastest times in staggered starts . In short-track speed skating , the competitors race against each other , with passing the finish line first after a set number of laps taking precedence over elapsed times .
Sven ##sson left in tears after confused communication with his coach cost him a gold medal . Dutch speed skater was celebrating his second victory at the 2010 Winter Olympics . He set fastest time in 10,000-meter event but was disqualified for incorrect lane change . The 23-year - old blamed coach Gerard Kemkers for giving him the wrong information .