MILAN, Feb 12 - Dutch skaters doubled up in the short track at the Olympics on Thursday as Xandra Velzeboer took the women's 500 metres gold and compatriot Jens van 't Wout snatched the men's 1000 metres crown in a tight finish.

Velzeboer, who had set a world record in the semi-final, denied reigning champion Arianna Fontana a hat-trick in the event, as the Italian had to settle for silver.