Speed skater Ireen Wust became the first person to win an inpidual gold medal at five different Olympics by retaining her 1500m title in stunning fashion at Beijing 2022.
The Dutchwoman set an Olympic record of one minute 53.28 seconds to beat Japan's Miho Takagi, with Wust's compatriot Antoinette de Jong in third.
It is a record-extending 12th Olympic speed skating medal for 35-year-old Wust, who is retiring next month.
"It's insane," she told reporters.
"A lot of emotions, especially the good ones."
Wust, who has now won six Olympic gold medals, is also racing in the 1,000m here.
She had come into the Games ranked seventh in the World Cup rankings, with world record holder Takagi viewed as the favourite.
But Netherlands' most decorated Olympian, who also won this event at Vancouver 2010, first laid down a marker then watched as the Japanese faded in the final lap of the final pairing.
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