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Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam won silver in the women’s 500-meter at Milan-Cortina 2026, finishing 0.66 seconds behind teammate Femke Kok, who set an Olympic record of 36.49 seconds; Erin Jackson missed the podium by 0.5 seconds. Leerdam had already claimed gold in the 1000m earlier in these Games, giving her a second Olympic medal, while fiancé Jake Paul publicly celebrated her performance.
American speed skaters Brittany Bowe and Erin Jackson will race the women's 1000m at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with Bowe aiming for her first Olympic 1000m podium in what could be her final Games and Jackson making her Olympic 1000m debut after narrowly beating Bowe at trials; they face a field led by Femke Kok, Miho Takagi, Jutta Leerdam and Suzanne Schulting, who is making her Olympic speed skating debut.
Team USA announced Erin Jackson (speedskating gold medalist from 2022) and Frank Del Duca (US Army sergeant) as flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with Jackson defending her sport and Del Duca returning for a second Games.
The United States has selected speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca as the flagbearers for the U.S. at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Erin Jackson, who won the 500 meters at the Beijing Olympics and became the first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympics gold, says she doesn’t want to be the last and hopes her story motivates more Black athletes to pursue winter sports. At the U.S. Speedskating trials ahead of the Milan Cortina Games, she highlights the barriers to entry and plans to help minority women get involved through a foundation and mentorship initiatives.