Winter Olympics 2022 - Irene Schouten wins third speed skating gold in Beijing with sprint finish in women's mass start

Irene Schouten won a third speed skating gold medal in Beijing with a brilliant sprint finish in the women's mass start. Schouten lived up to her title as 'Queen of the Ice' by adding the mass start gold to the 3000m and 5000m titles she already won for the Netherlands at the Games.

Ad/> She ousted Ivanie Blondin into the silver medal position inside the last 20, the Canadian finishing just six hundredths of a second behind Schouten. Beijing 2022Swings wins stunning men's mass start for Belgium's first gold of the GamesAN HOUR AGO /> And Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida, also chasing the win, grabbed bronze.

South Korea's Kim Boreum, who won silver four years ago in Pyeongchang, could only manage fifth this time around. New Zealand team performs Haka in celebration of Porteous' halfpipe win Shiffrin wanted to 'melt off face of the earth' Schouten, who bronze in the same event four years ago, was left without her compatriot Marijke Groenewould after just five laps as she crashed out during the second sprint.