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BEIJING – The room where the press conference is being held is packed with foreign journalists when Ireen Wüst takes a seat behind the main table. After winning her sixth Olympic gold medal, they all only want to know one thing: why on earth will she stop top sport after the Beijing Winter Games? The greatest skater of all time then reveals her deep-seated desire. “I would like children. I don’t want to wait too long for that.”