Suzanne Schulting (L) of the Netherlands crosses the finish line ahead of Minjeong Choi of South Korea to win the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating final in the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Yubin Lee of South Korea leads on the turn as Maame Biney of the United States (C) and Ekaterina Efremenkova of Russia pursue during the the women's short track speed skating competition in the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Minjeong Choi (L) of South Korea embraces her coach after she wins the silver medal in the Women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event in the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Suzanne Schulting of Netherlands makes a face during the award ceremony for the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating competition in the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Minjeong Choi of South Korea reacts after winning the silver medal in women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating in the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Suzanne Schulting (R) of the Netherlands embraces Hanne Desmet of Belgium after the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI
Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands set a world speed skating record Friday, winning the women's 1,000-meter short track race at the Winter Games to take her second consecutive gold medal in the event.
Her time of 1:26.514 broke the previous record held by two-time Olympic gold medalist Shim Suk Hee of South Korea, who finished in 1:26.661 at the 2012 Games in Calgary.
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The South Korean skater was barred from the Beijing Games by the Korea Skating Union in December after some of her critical text messages were made public.
On Friday, Choi Min-jeong of South Korea took the silver and Hanne Desmet of Belgium notched the bronze, a first for her country.
American Kristen Santos took fourth after a collision with Italian speed skating legend Arianna Fontana that sent both to the ice.
For Schulting, 24, it was her second medal in Beijing. She took silver in the 500-meter race after being overtaken by Italy's Ariana Fontana.
Schulting won the gold in the 1000-meter event at the 2018 Olympics and also took home a bronze in Pyeongchang.