Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands became the oldest gold medal winner in Olympic speed skating history at 35 years, 312 days old with victory in the 1,500 metres on Monday. She also became the first athlete to win individual gold at five different Winter Olympics. The multiple world and Olympic champion beat Canada’s Ivanie Blondin in the 12th pair at the National Speed Skating Oval, clocking 1 minute 53.28 seconds, trimming the previous Olympic record of 1:53.51 set by compatriot Jorien Mors in Sochi 2014. But the Dutch athlete had to hold her breath until the very end as Japan’s Miho Takagi, hol…