Wust wins women's 1,500m speed skating gold in Olympic record time at Beijing 2022
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Speed skating legend Ireen Wust from the Netherlands took gold in the women's 1,500m competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics here on Monday.
The most decorated Dutch Olympian clocked a winning time of one minute and 53.28 seconds, lowering the previous Olympic record of 1:53.51 set by her compatriot Jorien ter Mors at Sochi 2014.
World record holder Miho Takagi from Japan bagged the silver medal in 1:53.72, while Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands finished third in 1:54.82.
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