Speed skating - Wust powers to 1,500m gold for record 10th medal

Speed Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s 1500m competition finals – Gangneung Oval - Gangneung, South Korea – February 12, 2018 - Ireen Wust of the Netherlands reacts after the heat. REUTERS/Phil Noble

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Ireen Wust of the Netherlands claimed a record 10th Olympic speed skating medal when she surged to gold in the women's 1,500 metres at the Gangneung Oval on Monday.

Wust, who is also the first Dutch athlete to win five Olympic gold medals, crossed the line in one minute 54.35 seconds, with Japan's Miho Takagi taking the silver and another Dutch skater Marrit Leenstra winning bronze.