Brittany Bowe stepped on Olympic ice for what may be the last time during the women's 1,500-meter speedskating event. Here's how she did. (AP photo)

One of America’s fastest skaters looks to sneak onto the podium on Thursday, as Brittany Bowe faces some tough competition in the Women’s 1,500-meter Speed Skating event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Brittany Bowe has crossed the Olympic finish line for the final time. Team USA’s Bowe has been the mainstay in women’s speed skating for 16 years. Having made her Olympic debut in 2014 at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Bowe has now completed her final Olympic race and concluded a career that is as remarkable as it is prolific.

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

Dawson came in 29th place in the 1500m, behind Lehman in 25th. Team USA’s Jordan Stolz took the silver medal, behind China’s Zhongyan Ning in the lead after breaking the Olympic record in the event with a time of 1 minute and 41.

Kerr, the reigning Olympic bronze medalist, finished second in 3:27.79 to take silver, while American Yared Nuguse claimed bronze with a time of 3:27.80. It marked the first time that the U.S. had two medalists in the men's 1500m since all the way back at ...

Cole Hocker admits he is “extremely disappointed” after the Olympic champion was disqualified in the 1500m at the World Athletics Championships. The Team USA star was judged to have illegally pushed past Germany’s Robert Farken during the semi-finals ...

Andrew Coscoran lowered his own Irish indoor 1500m record on Thursday night a 3:33.09 run at Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin, France.