Topic: Claudia Pechstein

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won a gold medal Thursday in the women's 5,000-meter speed skating event at the Winter Games, setting an Olympic record with a time of 6:43.41 and capturing her second gold in Beijing.

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands broke an Olympic record that stood for two decades to win the gold medal in the women's 3000m speedskating event Saturday at the Winter Games in Beijing.

Esmee Visser of the Netherlands upset defending champion Martina Sablikova to win the women's 5,000 meters race Friday at the Winter Games.

Irene Wust won a battle of Olympic speed skating champions Sunday and an unheralded Russian claimed the host nation's first medal of the Sochi Games.

Claudia Pechstein, who has won nine speed skating Olympic medals for Germany, will miss the 2010 Winter Olympics because of a doping ban.

Clara Hughes of Canada prevented Germany's Claudia Pechstein from setting a special Olympic record Saturday by winning the 5,000-meter speed skating race.

Clara Hughes of Canada won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's 5,000-meter speed skating race.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands surprised her more seasoned colleagues Sunday to win the women's Olympic 3,000-meter speed skating race. Some of the best skaters the sport has to offer had yet to compete when Wust posted her time of 4:02.43.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the women's 3,000-meter speed skating race.

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein gave herself a belated birthday present Saturday, setting a world record en route to another Olympic gold medal in the 5,0