Kok, who holds the world record in the 500, has dominated the race the past couple of years. That left Leerdam, a three-time Olympic medalist and Jake Paul’s fiancée, aiming for the silver.

MILAN -- World record holder Femke Kok asserted her dominance in the women's 500 meters to win Winter Olympics gold and deliver the Netherlands a second speed skating title at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday.

Dutch star Xandra Velzeboer claimed her second gold at the Milan/Cortina Games on Monday in the 1,000 metres race while Italian icon Arianna Fontana missed the medals in fourth. Multiple world champion Velzeboer added the 1,

MILAN (AP) — Xandra Velzeboer was barely done celebrating her Olympic gold medal in the 500 meters when Dutch short track speedskating teammate Jens van ’t Wout won his second gold. She said to herself,

The Netherlands has dominated the 2026 Winter Olympics in women’s speed skating after the success of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam. The two Dutch speedsters reclaimed Olympic glory Sunday during a star-studded 500-meter event in Milan-Cortina.

Follow along live for all the updates on Day 10 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with six more gold medals on offer. The first medal event came in the women's short track speedskating 1000m with Netherlands Xandra Velzeboer taking gold and silver for Canada’s Courtney Sarault.

JUTTA Leerdam missed the Netherlands’ latest Winter Olympics celebrations as she battled illness. The speed skating sensation bagged her second medal of the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday by

There will be other pairs in Milan who score higher than the Netherlands' Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba, but it's pretty safe to say there is no other pair having quite as much fun.

Speed skater Jutta Leerdam made a surprising admission after her Winter Olympics medal win amid celebrating with fiancé Jake Paul.

Jens van 't Wout won the men's 1500m Saturday and is now two-for-two in his individual races in Milan, earning his first gold in the 1000m two days earlier.