Dutch Treat: Schulting Defends Olympic Short Track Gold
Feb 11, 2022, 12:34 PM | Updated: 12:55 pm
BEIJING (AP) — Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands successfully defended her title in 1,000-meter short track speedskating.
She set the world and Olympic records of 1 minute, 26.514 seconds in the quarterfinals.
She wasn’t as fast in the final, finishing in 1:28.391. Choi Minjeong of South Korea took silver.
On her way to the #Gold medal in #ShortTrackSkating – women's 1000m, Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands) set a new World Record and Olympic Record in the quarterfinals!
Congratulations! 👏#Beijing2022 | #StrongerTogether | @TeamNLTweets | @suzanschulting pic.twitter.com/njO4JCsGZE
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 11, 2022
Hanne Desmet of Belgium earned bronze for her country’s first medal in short track.
Arianna Fontana of Italy was penalized for a lane change that caused contact with American Kristen Santos.
Both skaters went down and slid on their sides into the padding.
After setting a world record in the quarterfinals, Suzanne Schulting finishes her quest for gold! #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/VzbzgvPE5l
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 11, 2022
Schulting earlier won a silver medal behind Fontana in the 500.
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