Esmee Visser continued the Netherlands' unrivaled run in Pyeongchang Olympic speed skating Friday, winning the 5,000-meter gold medal, her country's sixth at Gangneung Oval at these games.
Up against the sport's royalty in Martina Sablikova and Claudia Pechstein, the diminutive Dutchwoman separated herself from the field to win in 6 minutes, 50.23 seconds.
Czech Sablikova won silver, 1.62 seconds behind Visser, and bronze went to Olympic debutant Natalia Voronina when, in the last pairing, the Olympic athlete from Russia pushed the Netherlands' Annouk van der Weijden into fourth.