On the afternoon of February 19, The Netherlands' irenay Shaoteng won the Beijing Winter Olympics Speed Skating Women's Collective Departure Championship, winning the third gold medal of the Winter Olympics. In an interview after the game, Shaoteng bluntly said that the trip to Beijing made her dream come true.
"Before coming to Beijing, I hoped that after the Winter Olympics, others would call me 'Olympic Champion', but I didn't expect to win three Olympic gold medals at once, all like a dream!" The 29-year-old Shaoten is competing in the Winter Olympics for the second time, after winning the bronze in a group start competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which was not remarkable among the highly skilled Dutch speed skating team. However, this time, Shaoteng participated in the 5000 meters, 3000 meters, team chase and collective departure 4 events, and all 3 individual events won gold, becoming the speed skater who won the most gold medals in this Winter Olympics. In addition, she also took the bronze medal with her teammates on the podium in the team chase competition.
Shaoteng believes that there is a certain element of luck in winning the final collective starting gold medal, "This is a game that the fastest player does not necessarily win, so you need some luck, today I skated fast and lucky." 」 ”