Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands has won her first Olympic gold and sixth career medal by finishing first in speedskating’s 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Her

MILAN (AP) — Dutch short track speedskating star Jens van ’t Wout already has two gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics, but Wednesday’s bronze medal felt like winning the lottery. That’s because he ended up on the podium with his older brother,

Short track in Milan continues Wednesday, Feb. 18, with two finals: the men's 500m and the women's 3000m relay. Skaters are scheduled to take the ice at 2:15 p.m. E.T.

By Pearl Josephine Nazare MILAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong won the women's 1,500 metres at the Milano Cortina Games on Friday, securing the first Olympic gold of her career and her nation's third speed skating title of these Games.

MILAN (AP) — Two days after leaving the ice in tears because her Dutch relay team failed to medal, Xandra Velzeboer won the women's 500 meters gold medal in short track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday night — and also broke her own world record in the semifinals.

Skaters Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba qualified for the Games, but their country told them they weren’t going. Then a fan started an online drive to get them to Italy.

Dutch star Xandra Velzeboer claimed her second gold at the Milan/Cortina Games on Monday in the 1,000 metres race while Italian icon Arianna Fontana missed the medals in fourth. Multiple world champion Velzeboer added the 1,

Jutta Leerdam stormed to 1,000m gold at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, spearheading a Dutch sweep of the top two places ahead of Femke Kok as they opened the Netherlands' medal account at the Games.

MILAN (AP) — Xandra Velzeboer was barely done celebrating her Olympic gold medal in the 500 meters when Dutch short track speedskating teammate Jens van ’t Wout won his second gold. She said to herself,

The Netherlands, renowned for its speed skating prowess, celebrates U.S. gold medalist Jordan Stolz after setting two records at the Winter Games.