Some athletes measure their Olympics duration in seconds. Others, like Brittany Bowe, measure in decades. Bowe took her final laps as an Olympic speed skater on Friday afternoon in Milan. She received an ovation from the heavily pro-Netherlands crowd at the speed-skating arena,

Another day of record-breaking speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics ended with some Double Dutch. The Netherlands duo of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam stood on the podium together after Kok won the gold in women’s 500 meters while setting an Olympic record and Leerdam won the silver.

King William, Máxima and the Crown Princess wear patriotic looks to cheer on Dutch competitors at the Winter Olympics 2026.

Dutch speed-skating star Jutta Leerdam was blasted as “arrogant” and a “diva” for flying to the Olympics on a private jet instead of making the trip to Italy alongside her fellow compatriots. Jutta Leerdam,

American speedskater and Wisconsin native Jordan Stolz's bid for a third gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics came up short with a loss to China’s Ning Zhongyan in the 1,500 meters on Thursday.

A lot of VIPs in this building on Sunday. It is going to be incredible to be here calling it for everybody back home. What an opportunity Team USA has against the Canadians.” – Eddie Olczyk on Gold Medal Men’s Hockey Game (Sunday,