Ping Huang
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Sunday was no different in the women's 500-meter sprint.
Going last in the event, sprinter Femke Koch clocked the distance in 36.49 seconds,
beating the previous Olympic record by nearly half a second.
Koch now holds both the Olympic record and the world record set last year in this event.
It was a 1-2 finish for the Dutch, her teammate Jutta Lierdam came in second, and Japanese skater Miho Takagi came in third.
Erin Jackson, the top US sprinter, missed the podium by five hundredths of a second after a stumble going into the second corner.
Now that her events are done, she plans to enjoy the food and the sights in Italy.
In the 500-meter speed skate, Stoltz was paired with Yannick Dubot, a top sprinter from the Netherlands.
It was a rematch between them.
They last raced side-by-side in the 1,000-meter event on Wednesday to the same result.
Stoltz winning gold, setting a new Olympic record, Dubot close behind with the silver.
Stolz wasn't basking in his victories.
He was looking ahead to his next event, the 1500 Meters Thursday.
Bronze medalist Laurent Dubré from Canada called Stolz the greatest speed skater of all time.
Stolz will also race in the Mass Start event next Saturday.
He's hoping to win gold in all of them.
On Friday, the Canadian men's team won a round-robin match against Sweden, but the victory was overshadowed by an altercation.
In curling, players throw a granite stone down the ice.