Netherlands women win team pursuit speed skating

The Netherlands women have won gold in the team pursuit speed skating at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Marrit Leenstra, Jorien Ter Mors and Ireen Wust finished with a time of two minutes and 58.05 seconds to set a new Olympic record.

It is the eighth gold medal of the Games for the Dutch, all of which have come in speed skating.

Poland took the silver medal, while the Russian Federation claimed bronze.