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.

By Pearl Josephine Nazare MILAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China's Ning Zhongyan delivered a sensational performance to win the men's 1,500 metres at the Winter Olympics on Thursday, capturing his and his nation's first speed skating gold at these Games.

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

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

USA’s Alysa Liu faces tough competition from Japan’s skaters as she aims for gold. The women’s hockey team plays defending champions Canada for Olympic gold. Follow here for live updates.

Italy upstaged world record-holding Team USA to win gold in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's speed skating team pursuit Tuesday in Milan.

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