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BEIJING : China's Gao Tingyu set the eighth speed skating Olympic record at the Beijing Games on Saturday as he glided past the finish line at the 'Ice Ribbon' under Canadian ice maker Mark Messer's watchful eyes.
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games have not gone according to plan for ROC speed skater Natalia Voronina.
Irene Schouten produced the best Winter Olympic 5000m performance in women's speed skating by winning her second gold of the Games in Beijing. The Dutch athlete — who is also the 3000m champion — crossed the line in an Olympic record time of 6:43.51, smashing the previous best mark by over three seconds which was set 20 years ago in Salt Lake City, to beat Canada's Isabelle Weidemann and Martina Sablikova to the title.
Dutch sensation Irene Schouten smashed the 20-year-old Olympic record to win the women’s 5000m gold medal at the National Speed Skating Oval on Thursday (10 February).
Isabelle Weidemann has her second medal of the Beijing Games.
y la veloz neerlandesa Irene Schouten lo usa como mantra de vida. En la final femenina de 3.000 m de patinaje de velocidad, celebrado en óvalo de Pekín, se llevó el oro olímpico con un tiempo de 3:56.93 destrozando un récord que llevaba vigente 20 años. Triunfo naranja que fue el preludio de un podio con tintes cinematográficos ya que la plata se la colgó Francesca Lollobrigida, sobrina nieta de Gina, la musa del celuloide transalpino.
"You can always trust China" began trending in posts on social media platform Weibo after the country's short track skaters won the mixed team relay, an event making its Olympic debut and one that China has dominated in international competition.
German speed skater Claudia Pechstein has become the oldest ever female Winter Olympian at 49 years of age. Pechstein, competing in her eighth games, set the record when she raced in the 3000m speed skating event on Saturday. Ad/> She overtakes luger Anne Abernathy, who was 48 years old when she competed in the 2002 Games at Salt Lake City.