World record holder Femke Kok won the women’s 500 metres in an Olympic record 36.49 seconds on Sunday, delivering the Dutch their first-ever Games victory in the speed skating event and second gold medal in Milan.
Teammate Jutta Leerdam grabs silver, Béatrice Lamarche tops Canadian trio in 7th
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World record holder Femke Kok won the women’s 500 metres in an Olympic record 36.49 seconds on Sunday, delivering the Dutch their first-ever Games victory in the speed skating event and second gold medal in Milan.
Teammate Jutta Leerdam (37.15) and Japan’s Miho Takagi (37.27) took silver and bronze, respectively.
Béatrice Lamarche of Quebec was top Canadian in seventh (37.53) after placing 22nd four years ago in Beijing. Calgary’s Brooklyn McDougall followed in 19th (38.36) and Carolina Hiller-Donnelly of Prince George, B.C., in 21st (38.38) at her first Olympics.
After a silver in the 1,000-metres, Femke Kok of Netherlands skated to Olympic record time capturing gold in the 500-metre race at Milano Cortina 2026.
With files from CBC Sports
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