Ireen Wust is an incredible personality. She won so many medals at the Winter Olympics, World Championships and other competitions that it’s hard to count them all. Let’s see how she managed to become such a legendary speed skater.Career Beginnings Ireen Wust print Ireen Wust was born on April 1, 1986, in Goirle, Netherlands. She […]
Continue readingJapanese team, which included Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Nana Takagi, won gold in women’s team pursuit. They finished with the overall time of 2 minutes 53.89 seconds and set a new Olympic record. It’s the third medal for Miho Takagi, who earned silver in 1500 m and bronze in 1000m.Marrit Leenstra, Ireen Wust and […]
Continue readingThe trend of Dutch speed skaters to win gold in PyeongChang continues. Jorien ter Mors won gold in 1000 m women’s race, finishing in 1 minute 13.56 seconds. At 2014 Winter Olympics, the athlete won 2 gold medals in 1500m and women’s team pursuit.Japanese speed skaters, Nao Kodaira, silver medalist of 2010 Winter Olympics in […]
Continue readingThe Netherlands showed the best result in speed skating again. Ireen Wust, who won a silver medal in 3000 m race, became the winner of 1500 m race. She completed the race in 1 minute 54.35 seconds. After this win, Ireen became the most successful Olympic speedskater as she already has 4 gold and 3 […]
Continue readingAt the competitions in women’s 3000 m in speed skating, all the places at the podium were occupied by the athletes from Netherlands. Carlijn Achtereekte won a gold medal with the time of 3 minutes 59.21 seconds.Ireen Wust, a gold medalist of 2006 Olympic Games, earned a silver medal, finishing in 3 minutes 59.29 seconds, […]
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