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Canada's women's team pursuit trio of Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais won Canada's second gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday, in Olympic-record fashion.
Canada set a new Olympic record to take gold in a dramatic end to the women’s speed skating team pursuit final, as a Japanese fall gifted the Canadians victory in the dying moments. Japan — who breezed through their semi-final, beating the ROC by nearly seven seconds — had been in control from the start, quickly establishing an impressive lead of 0.93 seconds, and were seemingly on course to beat their own Olympic record.
Canada's Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais set a new Olympic record to win the gold medal in women's team pursuit in long track speed skating in Beijing.
Isabelle Weidemann has her sights on a hat-trick of medals at Beijing 2022.
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Schouten of the Netherlands scooped up her second Beijing Olympics gold medal when she won the women's 5000-metre speed skating event on Thursday, as the Dutch team continued to dominate on the ice. For the second time in the Winter Games, Schouten also broke an Olympic record that had stood untouched for 20 years since Salt Lake City as she whizzed around the oval in ever faster laptimes and crossed the finish line in six minutes and 43.51 seconds.
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).