HIGH-FIVE FOR WUST

Ireen Wust won her fifth Olympic gold medal, using a stirring last lap to set a time of 1 minute, 54.35 seconds. The Dutch speedskaters picked up gold and bronze in the 1,500 meters She jumped into the arms of her coach when Miho Takagi of Japan finished 0.20 seconds behind in the last pairing to prevent another Dutch sweep of the medals. Marrit Leenstra picked up bronze for the Netherlands, which has six of nine medals awarded so far.