The Netherlands and Poland will fight for the gold medal in the Olympic speed skating women's pursuit on Saturday.

The Dutch trio of Ireen Wust, Jorien ter Mors and Marrit Leenstra set an Olympic record of two minutes 58.43 seconds on Saturday in their semifinal victory over Japan.

Poland beat Russia in the other semifinal.

Wust has assured her fifth medal following her gold in the 3,000m and silver in the 1,000, 1,500 and 5,000.