Beijing: Irene Schouten from the Netherlands took the gold medal of the Beijing Olympics both when he won a female 5,000 meter skating event on Thursday, because the Dutch team continued to dominate the ice.
For the second time in the winter game, Schouten also broke the Olympic record that had stood untouched for 20 years since Salt Lake City as he detonated around the oval at a faster lap times and crossed the finish in six minutes and 43.51 seconds.
“Two races, two gold.
I’m very happy.
You can’t be better,” Schouten said after the race.
The Canadian silver medal winner Isabelle Wiedemann Canada regulates the speed as the second pair from behind, gradually increases the speed when he blows up around the national speed oval skating.
He played a nearby skating but failed to set an Olympic record.
In the last pair, Schouten maintained a stable speed before the time set by Wiedemann, before competing forward and crossing the finish line three seconds faster than the Olympic record.
“I felt very good before the race, but I saw that Isabelle slid a very good moment.
I thought, damn it, I had to be faster than 48 ‘.
But I played skating really tasty, so I was happy.” Weidemann, who won bronze in a 3,000 m race, was completed in 6: 48.18 for the second place.
“I’m very excited.
I am very happy.
Winning the medal early Sunday I thought was the top, so this was also very exciting.
I hope 3,000m is not a coincidence,” he said.
Martina Saplikova from the Czech Republic, who won gold at 5,000 m women in Vancouver and Sochi, took bronze in 6 :,09.
Schouten added his name to a list of Great Skating, including Pechstein Claudia Germany, to win a double gold in 3,000 m and 5,000 m in the same year.
The Dutch team has won half of the medal to be contested in skating speed and appears on the track to reach their target of 20 overall medals.