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Steven Dubois turned injury setbacks and sleepless nights into an Olympic gold medal with a risky race strategy and a temperature-controlled mattress. The Canadian short track speedskater proved that sometimes the path to glory requires fixing what happens off the ice.
Speedskating champion Jordan Stolz is getting a hero's welcome in his hometown of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, complete with a parade and a street renamed in his honor. The 20-year-old brought home two gold medals and a silver from the Milan Olympics.
Olympic champion Jordan Stolz is coming home to a hero's welcome in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. The two-time gold medalist will be celebrated with a hometown parade next week.
Twenty-year-old speedskater Jordan Stolz brought home three medals from the 2026 Winter Olympics, while fellow Team USA athlete Erin Jackson showed resilience after competing through injuries. Both athletes say representing America on the world stage remains the ultimate honor.
Miho Takagi, Japan's greatest Winter Olympian with 10 medals across four Games, announced she's retiring after an extraordinary 15-year speedskating career. Her journey from a determined 15-year-old to a world record holder shows what dedication and resilience can accomplish.
Jorrit Bergsma just shattered a century-old record, proving age is just a number when it comes to Olympic glory. The Netherlands speedskater won gold at 40, becoming the oldest long track champion in history.
At 36, American speedskater Mia Manganello won bronze in her last Olympic race after switching sports, missing podiums, and never giving up. Her medal broke the U.S. into second place in the overall medal count at the 2026 Milan Games.
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong captured her first Olympic gold medal in the 1,500-meter speedskating race at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, powered by roaring Dutch fans dressed in orange. The champion edged Norway's Ragne Wiklund by just 0.06 seconds in a thrilling finish.
American speedskater Jordan Stolz just cemented his place in Olympic history, winning two gold medals and one silver at age 21. The young phenom broke Olympic records and came within one medal of matching a legendary U.S. record.
American speedskater Jordan Stolz claimed his third medal at the Milan Olympics, adding silver in the 1500m to his two golds. The 21-year-old phenom has one more chance Saturday to make history as the first American since 1980 to win three golds at a single Winter Games.
American speedskater Jordan Stolz added a silver medal to his two golds at the 2026 Winter Olympics, cementing his place as one of the sport's greatest athletes. The 22-year-old's three-medal haul marks the best U.S. speedskating performance in over 40 years.
Three American speedskaters claimed silver at the 2026 Milan Olympics, earning their second Olympic medal together as a team. The trio set a world record just months ago and showed the power of teamwork over individual strength.