Lana Gehring

American women’s hopes of winning a medal in speedskating at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games are over after Jessica Kooreman and Lana Gehring failed to qualify in the 1000m short track event Tuesday.
Tuesday also saw a wild, penalty-filled finish in the women’s 3,000-meter short-track relay final, with South Korea taking gold.

John-Henry Krueger won the first speedskating medal of any kind for the United States at the 2018 Winter Games, getting silver in the 1000m. He jumped out to an early lead and traded it with Canadian Samuel Girard, who went on to win gold. They both avoided a crash that took out the final three competitors, leaving their medals uncontested....

American teenager Maame Biney, an Olympic rookie at 18, finished last in her short track speedskating quarterfinal of the women’s 500 meters Tuesday, missing out on a final that turned into a waiting game. That result was a photo finish after Italian Arianna Fontana barely edged out hometown hero Choi Min-jeong.

The Olympic cauldron is lit, the opening ceremony is finished and it’s time for the athletes in Pyeongchang to officially go for gold. While competition has been underway for a few days, Saturday brings the first medal events at the 2018 Winter Games: three in ski events and two in speedskating.