Suzanne Schulting took a surprise gold in the short-track 1,000-metre final on Thursday at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The Dutch skater recorded a time of one minute, 29.778 seconds to finish ahead of Canada's Kim Boutin and Arianna Fontana of Italy.
Korean duo Choi Min-jeong and Shim Suk-hee crashed out of the race at the Gangneung Ice Arena.
Here are the podium times:
Suzanne Schulting—1:29.778 (NED)
Kim Boutin—1:29.956 (CAN)
Arianna Fontana—1:30.656 (ITA)
Here is the live medal table:
Boutin was quickest in both the quarter and semi-finals, while Choi was advanced after finishing third in her semi-final with China's Qu Chunyu penalised.
Meanwhile, there was no Final B, as Kim A-lang would have been the only competitor in it, as Valerie Maltais was also penalised in her semi-final.
Boutin, starting from the inside lane and was first into the opening bend, but she was immediately overtaken by Shim and Schulting.
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