Irene Schouten looked up to multiple world champion Martina Sáblíková during a training camp in Italy last summer. Six months later, with three gold medals at the Beijing Games, she is ‘The Queen of Beijing’ and she carries the Dutch flag at the closing ceremony. How a sober woman from West Friesland grew into the most successful long-distance skater in the world.
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Schouten with three gold medals ‘Queen of Beijing’: ‘She is a go-getter’
