Ivanie Blondin has ended her illustrious Olympic speed skating career on the podium. For the second straight Olympic Games, the 35-year-old originally from Ottawa has taken silver in the women’s mass start.

The final short track speed skating events of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games were held on Friday.

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.

The Canadian powered to Olympic gold in the men’s 500m short track speed skating final at Milano Cortina 2026, holding off Dutch duo Melle van ’t Wout and Jens van ’t Wout in a dramatic sprint finish.

The U.S. team featured Casey Dawson, Ethan Cepuran and Emery Lehman. Conor McDermott-Mostowy competed for the team in earlier rounds.

Stolz was trying to become the second American − Eric Heiden won five in 1980 − to win four individual medals in a single Winter Olympics.

You can watch the 2026 Winter Olympics TV coverage without cable with a five-day free trial of DIRECTV. It includes NBC, USA Network and CNBC where Winter Olympics will air on TV as part of its basic Entertainment package, which starts at $89.99 per month after your trial.

Canadian long track speed skater Laurent Dubreuil is sounding the alarm about the lack of funding for Canadian amateur sports and the consequences it could have on the country's success at the Winter Olympics going forward.