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What Olympic records were broken at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games?
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (336+ words) WASHINGTON " As the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina draw to a close, the Games delivered no shortage of historic performances. Nine Olympic records were broken " all on Milan's ice tracks " across speed skating and short track speed skating. Seven came…...
Did US speedskater Jordan Stolz win his third gold medal at the 2026 Olympics?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (296+ words) MILAN, Italy " The final speedskating event at the Milan Cortina Games had a shocking finish." The men's mass start speedskating final began at 10:40 a.m. Eastern, with Team USA's Jordan Stolz starting seventh in the discipline. He was the only U.S. competitor racing…...
Why did Alysa Liu retire from figure skating in 2022?
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (292+ words) WASHINGTON " Alysa Liu ended Team USA's 24-year gold medal drought in women's figure skating Thursday, delivering a career-best performance in the free skate to capture Olympic gold. The 20-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area scored 226.79 points, the highest total…...
Jordan Stolz aims for 3rd Olympic gold in speed skating. Here's how to watch him in the men's 1500m
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (330+ words) MILAN, Italy " American speed skater Jordan Stolz, who has won two gold medals at the 2026 Games and set Olympic records in the 500 meters and 1,000 meters, is taking to the ice again for the men's 1,500 meters. The 21-year-old from Wisconsin will…...
Madonna sends good luck message to U.S. figure skater before Olympic short program
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (524+ words) MILAN, Italy " "It wasn't exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday night, which is…...
Here's how the 'Blade Angels' scored in Tuesday's women's figure skating short program
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (558+ words) MILAN, Italy " Team USA has had a largely disappointing performance at the Winter Olympics, despite sending one of its strongest teams ever. But it wasn't the case for Tuesday's short program, where most of the "Blade Angels" made their mark....
Did Jordan Stolz win his 2nd gold medal in the 500 meters speed skating race?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (279+ words) MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan " American speed skater Jordan Stolz won his second gold medal in the 2026 Winter Games and set a new Olympic record Saturday in the men's speed skating 500-meter finals." Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, finished with…...
How to watch Jordan Stolz in the men's speed skating 500 meters
1+ week, 1+ day ago (261+ words) WASHINGTON " American speedskater Jordan Stolz's bid for four gold medals in four events continues Saturday in the 500-meter final. The 21-year-old Stolz, from Wisconsin, collected his first gold medal in Italy when he set an Olympic record in a blistering…...
US skater Maxim Naumov finds triumph in Olympic debut year after losing parents in plane crash
1+ week, 1+ day ago (534+ words) MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan " The last conversation that Maxim Naumov had with his parents was about following in their footsteps to the Olympics. Now the American figure skater has done it. The 24-year-old Naumov finished his Winter Games debut…...
'I'm in shock' | Ilia Malinin's performance leaves commentators near tears
1+ week, 1+ day ago (606+ words) WASHINGTON " U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to Kazakhstan to claim a gold…...