How many Olympic gold medals can a person win in a lifetime? Phelps offers an unattainable ceiling: 23 pieces. But how many Olympic games can a person win an individual gold medal? At yesterday's Beijing Winter Olympics, Irene West gave the answer: 5 sessions
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With less than a month to go, Irene West, who will retire, broke the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the speed skating women's 1500m final yesterday with a time of 1:53.28. It is worth mentioning that at the age of 35, she has won gold medals in individual events at the 5 consecutive Winter Olympics, becoming the first person in the history of the Winter Olympics and even the Summer Olympics to do so.
"When it comes to the Olympics, I have a magical feeling. There are things that allow me to play my best. ”
Arguably a legend in the Dutch skating world, West is the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the Netherlands: at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she beat her compatriot Renate Groniud to win the gold medal.
Since then, she has always been indispensable on the women's speed skating stage of the Winter Olympics. In Vancouver in 2010, she won the gold medal by beating Canada's Christina Groves in the 1500m.
In 2014, Sochi was the most brilliant time of her life, in addition to winning the gold medal in the 3000 meters, she also won the gold medal in the 3000 meters team chase with her teammates, as well as the silver medals in the 1000 meters, 1500 meters and 5000 meters. It is worth mentioning that at that Winter Olympics, the Netherlands won the 1st to 4th places in the women's speed skating 1500 meters.
This was followed by PyeongChang, where she won another gold medal in the 1500m and a silver medal in the 3000m. Winning gold medals at four consecutive Winter Olympics has made her known by the media as Phelps in the world of speed skating
Looking back, she is already the oldest speed skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympics. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she became a legend. On the podium, Irene West once again leapt high, as if she were in the winter of 2006.