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Updated: February 18, 2026 @ 1:49 pm
MILAN (AP) — Steven Dubois prevented Dutch short track speedskating star Jens van ’t Wout from making it three victories out of three at the Milan Cortina Olympics by winning the men's 500 meters on Wednesday.
And van ’t Wout's older brother, Melle van ’t Wout, beat him out for silver.
It is Dubois' first individual Olympic gold after helping Canada to the relay title in Beijing four years ago. He picked up bronze in the 500 then as well as silver in the 1,500.
On his 26th birthday, Melle van ’t Wout earned his first medal by finishing just ahead of his brother — who had won both the previous men’s individual events in Milan.
South Korea recovered to edge out Italy to win the women’s 3,000-meter relay on and earn its first short track speedskating gold at the 2026 Olympics.
The team of Minjeong Choi, Gilli Kimm, Sukhee Shim and Dohee Noh won in a time of 4 minutes and 4.014 seconds, beating Italy and Canada. Choi was part of the team that won silver in Beijing four years ago.
It was nevertheless a 14th Olympic medal for Italy’s Arianna Fontana at her sixth Winter Games to beat fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti’s record for most Olympic medals by an Italian athlete — a mark that has stood since 1960.
Fontana was already the most decorated short track speedskater of all time.
There was disappointment for the Netherlands as one of its skaters fell with 16 laps remaining. South Korea was slowed down by the crash but there was enough distance left for the team to recover.
AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
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