Beijing Olympics on Thursday after reaching the podium in the women’s 5,000-metre speed skating final.Weidemann skated a time of 6:48.18 for silver, while Irene Schouten of the Netherlands skated 6:43.51 for a new Olympic record and the gold medal.
Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won bronze with a time of 6:50.09.“It went by really fast. I was trying to control it, and think about my technique, but I lost track of the laps.
I was trying to find a rhythm, but it was a fight,” said Weidemann after the race.“I’m so excited. I’m overjoyed. Winning a medal earlier in the week I thought was the top of it, so this is also very exciting.
I was hoping the 3,000 wasn’t a fluke.”The 26-year-old Calgary resident was competing for her second medal of the 2022 Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.