Best Woman Result: Pechstein Mass Start

Three days before her 50th birthday, the record Olympionin occupied the ninth place on Saturday in the mass start race. Gold brought the Dutchman Irene Schouten, who celebrated their third Olympic victory in Beijing, before Ivanie Blondin from Canada and Francesca Lollobrigida from Italy.

• Victory in the intermediate sprint brings bonus points
• Debut 1992 in Albertville - career end open

Although Pechstein could not prevent the German ice fast runners from doing a medal at winter games for the third time. Nevertheless, the oldest participant in the field for the best result for the women of the German Skin Running and Shorttrack Community (DESG) provided. Overall, ranked seven of Patrick Beckert from Erfurt over 10,000 meters was the only top ten result for the German ice skates.

Victory in the intermediate sprint brings bonus points

In the final run, where she won an intermediate sprint, Pechstein had moved in thanks to a courageous race in the semifinals. Good two rounds before the end she attacked and finished a lead, from which she taught to the finish. Rank seven in the classification handed the final entry. For Michelle from Berlin, this came after a fall as an eleventh in the semifinals. Felix Rijnen from Frankfurt / Main had also missed the final run as the 14th of his semi-final. In the men, Barts Swings won a Belgian in front of the two South Koreans Chung Jae Won and Lee Seung Hoon.

Pechstein had previously called the mass start competition over 16 laps with point printing as "a lottery race". "Some say, in the mass start is always a surprise possible. That's true, but still I'm realist and say that I can do no Olympic medal," the Berliner had explained.

Debut 1992 in Albertville - career end open

In her career, Claudia Pechstein had been getting gold since her Olympic debut in Albertville five times and twice silver and bronze. At the beginning of their eighth winter games, Pechstein had occupied the 20th and last place over 3000 meters. Whether you will continue your career to Beijing, the 49-year-old last left openly open. "Since 2002 I run from Olympia to Olympia. Last also from year to year. Sketch run is my life. Sport is my life," she stressed.