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.

Zhongyan Ning is a 26-year-old speed skater who set a new Olympic record by winning the gold in the 1500-meter race. His win in the 1500-meter marks the first time that a Chinese speed skater won the event in the Olympics.

It is Day 13 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and another eight medals are on offer. U.S. star skater Jordan Stolz had to settle for silver — his third medal of the Games — in the men's speedskating 1500m,

The U.S. men's curling team suffered two losses to China and Italy in round-robin play on Tuesday, hurting their hopes for a semifinal spot.

American speedskater and Wisconsin native Jordan Stolz's bid for a third gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics came up short with a loss to China’s Ning Zhongyan in the 1,500 meters on Thursday.

American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent her mother’s native China in the Olympics.

JD Vance is weighing in on Eileen Gu’s decision to represent China as she added to her Olympic medal count in Milano Cortina.