Ireen Wust of the Netherlands skates during the women's 1000m event at the ISU World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen December 13, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Kooren
(Reuters) - Dutch speedskater Ireen Wust's haul of five medals in Sochi equalled the biggest individual tally at a single Winter Games and cast her amongst the Olympic greats, but it offered no guarantees about her funding to carry on.
The 28-year-old was lauded with awards, accolades and meetings with Dutch royalty upon winning the 3,000 metres and team pursuit golds at the Adler Arena in February, along with silvers in the 1,000, 1,500 and 5,000m as the revered Dutch took 23 of the 36 medals available on the oval.
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