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skater Brittany Bowe, who holds a world record in this distance, just missed the podium.
She finished fourth by a fraction of a second behind Miho Takagi from Japan, who set the last Olympic record in 2022 in Beijing.
Bowe's next event is the Women's 500 Meters on Sunday.
So far, speed skating leads in setting new Olympic records at these games.
The ice is fast at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
In his bright red onesie, arms clasped behind his back, 23-year-old Sander Eitrom sailed through 12.5 laps around the track.
In the men's 5,000-meter event, the Norwegian speed skater beat the previous Olympic record by nearly five seconds, easily clinching the gold medal.
The previous record was set four years ago in Beijing.
Itram has made a habit of breaking records lately.
Last month, he skated even faster at the Speed Skating World Cup in Germany, breaking the world record in this distance, becoming the first skater to come in under the six-minute mark.
Itram's victory comes a day after Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida broke the Olympic record in the women's 3,000-meter event, clinching Italy's first gold medal in these games.
On her birthday, in her home country, Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida powered through seven and a half laps on the long track course to set a new Olympic record for the 3,000 meter speed skate.
She clocked in at 3 minutes and 54 seconds, a full two seconds ahead of the athlete in second place.
She told reporters, this was the best day ever, a perfect day.
For Lola Brigida, who just turned 35, this is her fourth and last Olympics and her first gold medal.
It's also the first gold medal for Italy in these games.
After winning the race, Lola Brigida scooped up her two-year-old son.