Brittany Bowe, Olympic Games and Speed Skating
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Day 14 from Milan Cortina will see six more Winter Olympics gold medals awarded. It starts with freeski women’s ski cross and men’s aerials, before the men’s halfpipe competition concludes later. More medals will be handed out in speedskating too,
Jordan Stolz fell short of Team USA history on Thursday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Having already secured a pair of gold medals in Milan, first in the 1,000-meter and then in the 500, Stolz set his eyes on gold in the 1,
The weight of expectation followed Erin Jackson to the starting line in Milan. Arriving at her third Olympic Games as the reigning champion carried not only the hopes of her nation but also a history-making legacy on her shoulders.
Ragne Wiklund of Norway is the third-favorite at +700, while Kok’s countrywoman, Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong, is the only other skater with single-digit odds at +800. Brittany Bowe, a native of Ocala, Fla., has the shortest odds of any American in the field. The 37-year-old checks in at 35/1 odds to win gold in the 1,500.
Jordan Stolz came into the 1,500 meters a heavy favorite to win a third gold medal at the 2026 Olympics. But China's Zhongyan Ning staged an upset.
China's Ning Zhongyan set an Olympic record on his way to gold in the men's speed skating over 1,500 metres on Thursday, denying United States' Jordan Stolz a hat-trick of individual gold medals at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games.
Dutchwoman Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong finally completed her Olympic medal set on Friday by winning the women's 1,500 metres at the Milano Cortina Games, securing her first gold and her nation's third speed skating title of these Games.
Team USA settled for silver after losing its gold medal race against Italy in the speed skating men's team pursuit on Tuesday.
Italy upstaged world record-holding Team USA to win gold in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's speed skating team pursuit Tuesday in Milan.
An "extraordinary" women's 1500m speed skating semi-final sees six of the seven skaters crash during the race with China's Yang Jingru finishing first as the only athlete not to crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics.