BEIJING — “Who says I’m too old?” the Dutch speedskater Ireen Wüst asked recently. Nobody will say that, not after Wüst, 35, won yet another gold medal, in the women’s 1,500-meter race Monday evening. Wüst’s time, 1 minute 53.28 seconds, also set an Olympic record.
The gold medal, Wüst’s sixth, adds to her mind-boggling list of accomplishments. It is her 12th Olympic medal overall, more than any other speedskater and third most among Winter Olympians. She is the first person to win an individual gold medal at five Olympics — she first won the 3,000 meters in Turin in 2006 — and the oldest speedskating gold medalist ever.