Winter Olympics 2026: Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida soars to women’s speed skating 3000m gold in Olympic record Competing on her birthday, the home athlete delivers Italy’s first gold medal of Milano Cortina 2026. Ragne Wiklund of Norway takes silver with Canada’s Valérie Maltais winning bronze.

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