As Claudia Pechstein churned through those last couple of laps, any hopes of an Olympic gold medal snatched away by legs that grew heavier by the stride, it was easy to feel a bit torn. Pechstein said when it was over, her burning desire to capture a sixth Olympic gold medal — and this one truly would've been historic — hovering just out of reach. "I don't think about my age," Pechstein insisted. Approaching the finish, Pechstein put her hands on her knees, stared down at the ice and glided across the line. Pechstein finished eighth out of 12 skaters, her time of 7 minutes, 5.43 seconds more than 15 seconds behind the Dutch winner .

Source: ABC News February 16, 2018 15:11 UTC