China's Ning Zhongyan set an Olympic record on his way to gold in the men's speed skating over 1,500 metres on Thursday, denying United States' Jordan Stolz a hat-trick of individual gold medals at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games.

MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz was rather surprised that his Olympic gold medal streak ended Thursday. So was his coach. And so, too, was Ning Zhongyan of China, the man who beat Stolz in speedskating's 1,

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina have provided all kinds of storylines. Currently, the world’s best winter sport athletes are competing in Italy with gold medals on the line. Gifted and talented individuals have been busy flying through the air with snowboards and skis attached to their feet,

Ning Zhongyan wins the gold in the 1500m speed skating event with an Olympic record time of 1:41.98 🏅 He is the first Chinese men's skater to win gold in this event, and it is just the third gold medal for China in speed skating 👏 pic.twitter.com/tzJqEghMgc

American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent her mother’s native China in the Olympics.

China’s Xu Mengtao defends her Olympic freeski aerials title, while Team USA's Kaila Kuhn and Winter Vinecki were fifth and sixth.

American-born skier Eileen Gu fired back at critics over competing for Team China, saying people "just hate China" and target her because she wins.